Last Generation Action In Front Of Michelangelo's David - Florence

Last Generation Action In Front Of Michelangelo's David - Florence

Last Generation Blitz, four activists carried out an action inside the Accademia Gallery in Florence in the room where Michelangelo's David is exhibited, sitting down and chaining themselves to the protective railing under the statue and unrolling the banner with the words “Repair Fund”. Florence, Italy on April 7, 2024. Photo by Umberto Pettazoni/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Last Generation Action In Front Of Michelangelo's David - Florence

Last Generation Action In Front Of Michelangelo's David - Florence

Last Generation Blitz, four activists carried out an action inside the Accademia Gallery in Florence in the room where Michelangelo's David is exhibited, sitting down and chaining themselves to the protective railing under the statue and unrolling the banner with the words “Repair Fund”. Florence, Italy on April 7, 2024. Photo by Umberto Pettazoni/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Last Generation Action In Front Of Michelangelo's David - Florence

Last Generation Action In Front Of Michelangelo's David - Florence

Last Generation Blitz, four activists carried out an action inside the Accademia Gallery in Florence in the room where Michelangelo's David is exhibited, sitting down and chaining themselves to the protective railing under the statue and unrolling the banner with the words “Repair Fund”. Florence, Italy on April 7, 2024. Photo by Umberto Pettazoni/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Last Generation Action In Front Of Michelangelo's David - Florence

Last Generation Action In Front Of Michelangelo's David - Florence

Last Generation Blitz, four activists carried out an action inside the Accademia Gallery in Florence in the room where Michelangelo's David is exhibited, sitting down and chaining themselves to the protective railing under the statue and unrolling the banner with the words “Repair Fund”. Florence, Italy on April 7, 2024. Photo by Umberto Pettazoni/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Last Generation Action In Front Of Michelangelo's David - Florence

Last Generation Action In Front Of Michelangelo's David - Florence

Last Generation Blitz, four activists carried out an action inside the Accademia Gallery in Florence in the room where Michelangelo's David is exhibited, sitting down and chaining themselves to the protective railing under the statue and unrolling the banner with the words “Repair Fund”. Florence, Italy on April 7, 2024. Photo by Umberto Pettazoni/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Last Generation Action In Front Of Michelangelo's David - Florence

Last Generation Action In Front Of Michelangelo's David - Florence

Last Generation Blitz, four activists carried out an action inside the Accademia Gallery in Florence in the room where Michelangelo's David is exhibited, sitting down and chaining themselves to the protective railing under the statue and unrolling the banner with the words “Repair Fund”. Florence, Italy on April 7, 2024. Photo by Umberto Pettazoni/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Vlog: China's Tibet kicks off Shoton Festival with Buddha painting unrolling ceremony

STORY: Vlog: China's Tibet kicks off Shoton Festival with Buddha painting unrolling ceremony DATELINE: Aug. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:10 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Drepung Monastery 2. STANDUP 1 (English): ZHU CONG, Xinhua correspondent 3. STANDUP 2 (English): ZHU CONG, Xinhua correspondent 4. STANDUP 3 (English): ZHU CONG, Xinhua correspondent 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MS. LI, Tourist STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): ZHU CONG, Xinhua correspondent "Hello, this is Zhu Cong with Xinhua News Agency. I'm now at Drepung Monastery in Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, as today, the city kicks off the annual Shoton Festival, with a large Thangka painting of the Buddha on display. And the event will begin in about 3 hours." The Shoton Festival, also known as the Yogurt Banquet Festival, is a week-long extravaganza that dates back to the 11th century. The Drepung Monastery is the largest monastery of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism. STANDUP 2

CHINA-GANSU-LABRANG MONASTERY-SUNNING OF THE BUDDHA CEREMONY (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-LABRANG MONASTERY-SUNNING OF THE BUDDHA CEREMONY (CN)

(230203) -- XIAHE, Feb. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People wait for the unrolling of a huge thangka scroll bearing the image of the Buddha during the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony at the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 3, 2023. More than 76,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Friday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, which was built in 1709. (Xinhua/Zhang Zhimin)