Tibetans campaign for ‘Mr. Tibet, Tibetan Idol’ contests to promote their culture
April 3rd, 2011 - 7:31 pm ICT by ANIShimla, Apr 3(ANI): Tibetans in exile in Shimla on Sunday campaigned for ‘Mr. Tibet Contest and Tibetan Idol Singing Contest’ to promote its culture.
The organisers believe that Miss Tibetan pageant, which was held in 2002, got international recognition and world came to know about the community and their situation.
“We are organizing a show named Mr. Tibet which is a talent contest and another one is Tibetan idol contest through this we want to promote Tibetan culture and Tibetan issue in the world,” said Mahesh Yadav, organizer of the contest which will take place in June.
The organisers also appealed to China to start dialogue with the Dalai Lama on the issue of the freedom of Tibet. They also urged the international community to pressurize China.
“We being in India want to spread the message of the demand for freedom Tibet, human rights of Tibetans and the method of Dalai Lama be promoted through out the world. The entire world should pressurize China to free Tibet,” Yadav said.
Scores of Tibetans have been living in exile with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala since 1959, when he fled Tibet following a failed uprising against the Chinese rule.
The Dalai Lama advocates ‘meaningful autonomy’ for Tibet. (ANI)
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