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CHINA-QUAKE
Young Tibetan quake survivors push a wheelbarrow loaded with water and supplies near the City of Mani Stone in Xinzhai Village, just outside of Jiegu, Yushu County, on April 18, 2010 in this remote region of northwest China's Qinghai province that was hit by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on April 14. Established in the year 1700, there are now over two million Mani stones piled on high and the village remains ever popular with Tibetan pilgrims walking their circuit in prayer. Mani stones are stone plates, rocks and/or pebbles inscribed with the six syllabled mantra of Avalokiteshvara (Om mani padme hum, hence the name "Mani stone"), as a form of prayer in Tibetan Buddhism and the stones are intentionally placed along roadsides and rivers or together to form mounds or long walls, as an offering to spirits. Quake survivors here and in nearby Jiegu see a ray of hope in the request by the Dalai Lama to visit the quake zone after the revered leader of Tibetan Buddhism made his appeal on April 17 saying he wanted to be with the earthquake victims in Qinghai province, where he was born nearly 75 years ago, but has not returned to since 1959 after he fled a failed anti-Chinese uprising. AFP PHOTO/ Frederic J. BROWN
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JIEGU, Qinghai, CHINA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Frederic J. BROWN |
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18 Aprilie 2010 |
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3999 x 2658 (1.08 MB) |
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