Tibet marks Serfs' Emancipation Day

STORY: Tibet marks Serfs' Emancipation Day DATELINE: March 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Potala Palace square 2. various of the national flag-raising ceremony 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): TASHI NORBU, Lhasa citizen 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Tibetan): GARSEL, Lhasa citizen 5. various of views in Lhasa STORYLINE: Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region marked Serfs' Emancipation Day on Tuesday. This public holiday marks the date in 1959 when people in Tibet launched a democratic reform that ended the region's feudal serfdom and freed a million serfs, or more than 90 percent of its population at the time. SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): TASHI NORBU, Local resident "It has been almost 15 years since March 28 was announced as the day to commemorate the emancipation of one million serfs in Tibet. Our lives are getting better and better in all aspects, which I have personally experienced. I feel very happy from the bottom of my heart." SOUNDBITE 2 (Tibetan)