Secular people, not monks

Regarding the well-written cover story, ``In Vietnam, Monks Lead Protest to Repression,'' Nov. 21: The front-page caption under the picture titled `Monks in Ritual' is not accurate. The people in the picture are not Buddhist monks, but secular people performing a folk ceremony. My Tran, San Diego

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