Life of Migmar Dondrup, the former serf, has taken great changes after the democratic reform, April 19, 2008. (Xinhua)It is still bitter when Migmar Dondrup, who was once a serf, is recalling his miserable life under the society of feudal serfdom.
Huddled in a dark and dank adobe hovel with his family members, Migmar Dondrup, now 75 years old, has served as Nangsan (a kind of serf in old Tibet, or called house slave) for 11 years, with no freedom and suffered from starvation.
But now, he is able to live happily in a two-floor house covering more than 400 square meters, thanks to the implement of the democratic reform.
In 1959, when the democratic reform was introduced, millions of serfs and slaves were freed and their misery was thus ended.
Migmar Dondrup, former serf, is feeding cattle in front of his house. (Xinhua) 
Migmar Dondrup (front), who was once a serf, is dancing with other villagers to celebrate the setting of the "Serf Emancipation Day", January 19, 2009. (xinhua) 
Migmar Dondrup sits where he used to live before the peaceful liberation of Tibet, April 19, 2008. (xinhua)Source:China Tibet Information Center
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