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Source: CCTV.com | 03-26-2009 10:18

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Tibet is getting ready for a region-wide celebration to mark Serf Emancipation Day this Saturday. Early this year, Tibetan legislators designated March 28th as a day to commemorate the liberation of about one million serfs fifty years ago.

Tibet is getting ready for a region-wide celebration to mark Serf Emancipation Day this Saturday.
Tibet is getting ready for a region-wide celebration to 
mark Serf Emancipation Day this Saturday.

The final rehearsal of a celebration gala, three thousand, five hundred performers and spectators are full of energy and emotion. The songs go far beyond the music and dances. They tell the stories of Tibet, new and old.