Tibetan Women’s Uprising Day marked in Dharamshala amid rain and low turnout

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, March 12: Members of the Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) central and regional chapters commemorated the 67th anniversary of Tibetan Women’s Uprising Day in Dharamshala on Thursday, with Kewtsang Rinpoche attending as the chief guest of the ceremony.

The event, held to honour the historic role of Tibetan women in the Tibetan freedom movement, saw comparatively lower public participation than the annual commemoration of Tibetan National Uprising Day on March 10. The opening ceremony was briefly disrupted by a sudden thunderstorm, and the planned march rally to Kacheri was called off shortly afterward due to rain.

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