Name: Sangay Dolma
Age: 17
Sex: Female
Profession: Nun
Date of Self-immolation: 25 November 2012 at around 11:20 am (local time)
Location: In front of the Chinese government office in Dokarmo, Malho, Rebkong, Amdo
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased
Last words: Below

Sangay Dolma, a nun, passed away in her self-immolation protest in front of the Chinese government office in Dokarmo town of Tsekhog, Malho, Eastern Tibet. The exact time of her self-immolation protest could not be ascertained immediately.

Sangay Dolma’s nunnery is located near Sangag Mindrol Dhargeyling Monastery.

According to various sources, a large number of local Tibetans gathered to carry out the last rites for Sangay Dolma.

Prayers were also carried out at the deceased’s nunnery. She left behind the following message in poem-prose:

look into the deep blue sky above
my lama has returned
into the tent with white rock steps
look, my tibetan brothers and sisters
look at the peak of that snow mountain
the white snow lion has returned
look, my tibetan brothers and sisters
look at the fortress in the forest
look at the beauty of the turquoise plain
my tigress has come backlook, my tibetan brothers and sisters
look at the land of snow
our destiny is on the rise
tibet is an independent country.
while His Holiness the dalai lama
Has been away for too long
travelling all over the world
tibetans suffer under oppression
let’s pray for this darkness to be over.
the panchen lama is in prison
let’s pray for his release
and happiness for the land of snow.
*
“children of the snow lion
do not forget that you are tibetan.”
*
“tibet is an independent country.”

signed sangay dolma

(Translated from Tibetan by Bhuchung D. Sonam)

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