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Paris [France] November 27 (ANI): The members of France’s Tibetan community staged their 46th straight protest outside the Musee Guimet museum, condemning what they call an act of “cultural erasure" carried out under China’s shadow.
The demonstration organised by Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) France and the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress denounced the museum’s decision to remove the word “Tibet" from its artefact labels and rename its long-running “Nepal-Tibet" gallery as “Himalayan World," as reported by Phayul.
According to Phayul, the controversy began in early 2024 when the Musee Guimet, France’s premier museum of Asian arts, revamped its Tibetan section. The change, which replaced “Tibet" with “Himalayan World," immediately sparked outrage among Tibetans in France and across the diaspora, who see it as echoing China’s effort to erase Tibet’s distinct political and cultural identity.
Responding to the move, SFT France and several allied organisations laun...
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