With incense sticks and flowers Hundreds of Tibetans welcome Dalai Lama in front of Zurich hotel
The 14th Dalai Lama is received with a small welcome ceremony in front of the hotel entrance.
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The Dalai Lama arrives at an airport hotel in Opfikon ZH. The 89-year-old will perform at the Hallenstadion on Sunday.
Image: Keystone
Before the arrival, several hundred Tibetans had waited several hours on the driveway to the hotel in Opfikon ZH for the arrival of the Dalai Lama.
Image: Keystone
The 14th Dalai Lama is received with a small welcome ceremony in front of the hotel entrance.
Image: Keystone
The Dalai Lama arrives at an airport hotel in Opfikon ZH. The 89-year-old will perform at the Hallenstadion on Sunday.
Image: Keystone
Before the arrival, several hundred Tibetans had waited several hours on the driveway to the hotel in Opfikon ZH for the arrival of the Dalai Lama.
Image: Keystone
The 14th Dalai Lama is staying in Switzerland for a few days: Hundreds of Tibetans welcomed the supreme representative of the Tibetan Buddhists on his arrival at an airport hotel in Opfikon ZH on Friday.
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- The 14th Dalai Lama is visiting Switzerland.
- He is making a guest appearance at the Hilton Zurich Airport.
- Hundreds of Tibetans welcomed the highest representative of the Tibetan Buddhists on his arrival.
The sidewalk along the access road to the Hilton Zurich Airport was cordoned off with ribbons and bars on Friday afternoon. Behind it, more people lined up with every bus or train that stopped nearby.
Some had appeared in traditional robes, others brought flowers, incense sticks or Tibetan flags. And everyone waited eagerly for the Dalai Lama. When he arrived at 7.15 p.m., accompanied by a police escort, everyone silently raised their heads and filmed with their cell phones.
The Dalai Lama is staying in Switzerland until Monday. On Sunday, the 89-year-old will appear at an event in the Hallenstadion. He will take part in a long-life ceremony at 9 a.m. and give a teaching in Tibetan.
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