The Tibetan New Year, Losar, is usually celebrated with traditional banquets, dancing and singing. This Losar, however,Tibetans have decided there will be no such celebrations, as they remember the continuing Chinese crackdown on Tibet following last year's protests: over 200 Tibetans, including children were killed, more than 6000 detained, and the whereabouts of about 1000 still remain unknown. In sympathy and support for Tibetans, Tibet Support Group Grampian cancelled their usual celebratory meal, and marked Losar by holding a candlelight vigil in St Nicholas Street, Aberdeen, on Thursday evening 26 February. The vigil was well supported, and nearly 145 people signed a petition.
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