Prayer beads are seen as a Tibetan monk chants prayers during Tibetan New Year or "Losar" celebrations at a monastery in Kathmandu March 7, 2011. "Losar" can be traced back to the pre-Buddhist period in Tibet when Tibetans practised the Bon religion. A spiritual ceremony would be held every winter, whereby people offered incense to appease the local spirits, deities and protectors. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: RELIGION ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) 

A woman places her prayer beads over incense during a group prayer at a Tibetan community center in Kathmandu April 1, 2008. Hundreds of Tibetans living in Nepal gathered at the center to remember those killed during China's recent crackdown on protests and riots in Tibet. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar (NEPAL) 

A Tibetan refugee holds prayer beads and rice during a memorial service at a community centre in Kathmandu March 26, 2008. Hundreds of Tibetans living in Nepal gathered at the centre to remember those killed during China's recent crackdown on protests and riots in Tibet. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (NEPAL) 

A Buddhist monk prays as he demonstrates in support of democracy in Myanmar, near the embassy of China in Paris October 6, 2007. The UN Security Council and the international community want Myanmar's generals to end a violent crackdown on popular protests that started in August with small marches against fuel price hikes and expanded to Buddhist monks and regular people demonstrating in the streets against the military's repressive rule. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (FRANCE) 

A man prays for the victims of the U.S. 1945 atomic bombing, in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima August 6, 2007, on the 62nd anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on the city. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN) 

A Tibetan woman holds prayer beads in her hands as she attends celebrations to mark the 72nd birth anniversary of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Kathmandu July 6, 2007. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar (NEPAL) 

The Dalai Lama speaks at a public meeting of several thousand people in Wellington June 19, 2007. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps (NEW ZEALAND) 

An activist from the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) holds prayer beads during a hunger strike in New Delhi November 21, 2006. India and China agreed on Tuesday to boost trade and renew efforts to solve their border dispute, adding there was enough room for the Asian giants to grow together while remaining sensitive to the other's concerns. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (INDIA)