“The situation in Tibet now, in terms of losing identity and hope, is worse than ever,” Tenzin Bhagen said, sipping Tibetan butter tea in his Santa Fe home.
But not this year.
While cases of COVID-19 finally seem to be diminishing in New Mexico, the virus is still here and organizers of the annual march decided to tread more softly this year.
The Tibetan Association of Santa Fe members pray at an event held to bring attention to the free Tibet movement. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal)
“In the past, we had so many public supporters from all over the world. Because of COVID-19, we have to do it small,” said Dorjee Gyaltsen, one of the organizers of the march, typically held on March 10 to mark the anniversary of the failed uprising in Tibet against Communist China in 1959.