Today's demonstration came a day after at least 150,000 people marched through Leipzig demanding political change.
The demonstrations and their aftermath came to be known as the Malari incident.
The demonstration comes exactly a year after thousands of people first took to the streets to protest against the government's higher education plans.
The demonstrations and strikes come against a backdrop of increasing political instability.
Her previous demonstration, during the Kiaulune wars, had come before their time.
Another elderly monk talked of how the demonstrations came about.
These demonstrations have since come to an end and the situation is now calm.
There had been warm mental greetings; physical demonstrations would come later.
The main movement was checked, however, and the demonstration in aid of it came to nothing.
By late in the afternoon, when the demonstration was coming to an end, the police estimated the crowd at 150,000 to 200,000.