jigdo's video: Condolence Letter to the Brothers and Sisters of Yushu by SHERTEN

* Click for more details "Tens of Thousands of survivors have requested President Hu Jintao & Premier Wen Jiabaoto to allow His Holiness The Dalai Lama to visit the Quake zone to conduct the funerals for Thousands of Tibetans who lost their lives, to pray for the departed souls and to provide solace to the broken hearts." http://tibet.net/en/index.php # His Holiness the Dalai Lama is deeply concerned over the Tibetans affected by the earthquake in Kyigudo region in Tibet and expressing his hopes and wishes to visit the region. "We want to save lives. They see this tragedy as an opportunity to make propaganda" http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/wor... A sensitive topic. http://blogs.channel4.com/snowblog/20... Please Donate through reliable source: http://www.TibetFund.org http://www.TibetReliefFund.co.uk http://www.TibetanVillageProject.org http://www.machik.org http://www.SaveTibet.org http://www.YushuEarthQuakeRelief.com Tibetan monks & nuns who were responsible for the burial of quake victims told reporters from several Hong Kong papers and TV stations that at least 8,000 Qinghai residents had perished but the Official Death toll stands 2187, more than 12,000 injured & Hundreds missing. Since Yushu, the county worst hit by the tremors, is a predominantly Tibetan area, monks & nuns from Qinghai and neighboring Tibet have been active in rescue work and particularly burial ceremonies. Senior Tibetan lama Angwen Danba Renqing told Hong Kong journalists that his monastery alone had by April 18, 2010 cremated 3,400 corpses. The lama said he knew of several hundred bodies being stowed in other monasteries. Angwen Danba Renqing reckoned the death toll for Yushu alone was "in the region of 8,000 to 9,000." Hong Kong's mass circulation Ming Pao also quoted an official from the People's Procuratorate as saying total casualties in Yushu could reach upwards of 10,000. Monks being removed, pushed out of the Quake zone Earthquake survivors say it was the Tibetan monks who helped first, bringing food, pitching tents and digging through rubble after a massive Earthquake that killed thousands. Now the Buddhist monks who responded first are being removed, pushed out of the disaster area and off of state media - apparently sidelined by Beijing's unease with their heroism and influence. Those who came from other parts of Tibet with Truck load of aid supplies have been told by the Chinese authorities to turn back. Monasteries were given verbal orders the last two days to recall their monks. Amid hours of coverage for China's national day of mourning on Wednesday, no monks were visible in the official proceedings. A jarring omission in light of their contributions to the weeklong rescue and relief effort following the quake communicating with Tibetan survivors. Tibetan-speaking monks, many of whom live in high-altitude areas or frequently make pilgrimages to them, didn't have problems. They flooded into Yushu within hours, on motorbikes and packed in the back of trucks. On Saturday (April 17, 2010), they held a cremation ceremony, preparing hundreds of bodies, praying and burning the corpses in a massive trench outside of Yushu. Yet state-run broadcasters have given scant attention to their efforts, spotlighting instead the hard work of the military and the People's Armed Police as they delivered tents, water and food, and lifted injured people from cracks of crumbled buildings. Monks also live in the quake zone, though they were not shown in media coverage Wednesday. Robbie Barnett, director of the modern Tibetan studies program at Columbia University, said the monks' contributions pose a dilemma for the communist leadership, which distrusts the Buddhist clergy because of their loyalty to the Dalai Lama. Beijing insists the Dalai Lama is fighting for independence for Tibet, a charge the exiled spiritual leader denies. He says he seeks only significant autonomy for Tibet under continued Chinese rule. Monasteries are kept under tight control by Communist Party authorities who routinely order political re-education campaigns for the monks. "China has never faced this situation before, where the monks it has demonized for 15 years as potential enemies of the state turn out to be energetic contributors to social construction and community-building - the same role that the party has always claimed for itself,"."Perhaps that's why the work of the monks has been featured very little, if at all," on China Central Television. Location: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sc... Interviews: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/new... The area known in Tibetan as Kyegundo (སྐྱེ་རྒུ་མདོ། pronounced Jyekundo), considered by Tibetans to traditionally be part of Kham, eastern Tibet.