#quang duc

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THE VIETNAM WAR (2017, dir. Ken Burns and Lynn Novick)

Episode Two: “Riding the Tiger” (1961 – 1963)

In the several months that followed after Ấp Bắc, South Vietnam plunged into civil strife that had little to do with the Viet Cong. Religion and nationalism were at its heart; a Catholic minority had, for years, dominated the government of an overwhelmingly Buddhist country. That spring, in the city of Huế, Christian flags had been flown to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of [South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình] Diệm’s older brother as a Catholic bishop. But when the Buddhists of the city flew their flags to celebrate the 2,527th birthday of Lord Buddha, police tore them down. Protesters took the streets.

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Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk, burns himself to death on a Saigon street, June 11 1963. Photograph: Malcolm Brown/AP, colorized by Sanna Dullaway

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http://lightbox.time.com/2012/08/28/malcolm-browne-the-story-behind-the-burning-monk/photo/6/

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Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk, burns himself to death on a Saigon street on June 11, 1963, to protest alleged persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government.