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ELI5: Self-immolation as a form of protest

Another day, another story about Tibetian monks setting themselves on fire to protest something.  I have no idea how that's supposed to protest anything - is it just a cultural thing?
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Let's say you want to show the world that you're really angry at your treatment.  REALLY angry.  Like, psychopathically angry.  What would be a good way to do that?  

Well, you could go on a big terrorist rampage to show your dismay.  But for a certain type of person, killing others who are either innocent, or just doing their job for an authoritarian regime, isn't very palatable.

What's another way of making a VERY strong statement about how angry you are?  How about purposely subjecting yourself to intense agony, in a very spectactular and visible way?  That's what self-immolation is.  It's probably the strongest possible way of telling people how angry you are.