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On Sunday, July 6, 2025, at the culminating ceremony of the Midwest Gotoen Trungkar, speeches were about to begin. The celebration of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday, hosted by the local Tibetan community of Madison, Wisconsin, had already been going strong for over three days. Celebrants were riding high on a wave of positive energy—at least, those not tired out from a dance party that had stretched into the wee hours the night before. That morning, however, the eternal wild card of the region—the weather—decided to make its mischievous move. Heavy skies gave way to rain just as the first speaker took the stage.
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