Tibetans in France hold 46th protest urging Musée Guimet to restore “Tibet” in exhibit labels

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 25: The Tibetan community in France held their 46th consecutive protest on Sunday, braving cold winds and steady rain as they gathered outside the Musée Guimet. Organised by Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) France and the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, the demonstrators condemned the museum’s removal of the word “Tibet” from artefact labels and its decision to rename the Tibetan exhibition “Himalayan World,” calling it a deliberate erasure of Tibet’s identity and cultural heritage.

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