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| Seeed - Music Monks |
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Music video of the song Music Monks,by the
german group Seeed.
Video musical de la cancion Music Monks, del
grupo aleman Seeed
Tags : seeed seed music monks |
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Affichage : 435757
Durée : 204 s |
| Monks Revolution Continue in Burma |
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Thousands turn out to support Rangoon
protests
Sep 19, 2007 (DVB)—Thousands of people took
to the streets in Rangoon today to support
monks protesting against the Burmese
government.
More than 1000 monks braved rain in the
former capital today to stage another protest
against government harassment around the
famous Sule Pagoda, where several monks gave
political speeches, slamming the military's
use of violence against peaceful protests.
Huge crowds of civilians gathered in the
streets to watch the monks protest. Some
reports from Rangoon claimed that almost
10,000 people had turned out to watch the
demonstrations.
Today's protest was started by about 500
monks who marched past Shwedagon pagoda
before being joined by hundreds more monks at
Tamwe roundabout. They then marched down
Bogyoke road to Sule junction while chanting
metta, eyewitnesses said.
"The authorities shut down the gates to Sule
Pagoda and initially refused to let the monks
in. But after the monks demanded access, the
officials finally gave in," one eyewitness
told DVB.
"They closed the gates after the monks came
in and they argued again and the monks had
the gates reopened. Then the bystanders came
into the pagoda," the eyewitness said.
The monks reportedly stayed at the pagoda for
about 30 minutes before returning to their
monasteries. During their march through town
the monks were followed by more than 20
police vehicles and large groups of
officials. There were no reports of
government interference in the demonstration.
Groups of monks also protested in a number of
other cities around Burma today with more
than 1000 marching in Mandalay, 500 in Prome
and 150 in Kalay township, Sagaing division.
Reporting by Aye Naing(www.dvb.no)
Tags : buddhism buddhist burma burmese dvb myanmar rangoon yangon |
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Affichage : 44423
Durée : 117 s |
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