Tibetan monks in ghoulish costumes during the ghost banishing ceremony held at the Lama Temple on the eve of the Tibetan New Year in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb 24 , 2009. Tibetan communities in western China are choosing not to mark the normally festive Tibetan New Year in a somber commemoration of failed uprisings against Chinese rule but the Chinese government has plans to force them to hold dances and festivities and showcasing them on state television ahead of the festival known Tibetan as “losar”. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
