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Hohhot, CHINA: A novice monk carries a long horn at the Dazhao temple in Hohhot, where ethnic-Mongolian monks from the Yellow-Hat sect of Tibetan Buddhism marked the Great Prayer festival, or Monlam, 11 February 2006, in China's northwest Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. As China becomes a freer society, Mongolians and other ethnic minorities are allowed to quietly trace their cultural roots, and celebrations to mark Tibetan Buddhism's most important festival draws hundreds of locals to Hohhot's oldest temple to witness the rituals, testimony to the cautious religious revival taking place here. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)