Bhutan

sport

People participate in archery competition in Bhutan. They do not use mordern archery but traditional arrows and bamboo bow. Archery, the national sport of Bhutan, is a common feature of everyday life.

hills

The Buddha Dordenma is located atop a hill in Kuenselphodrang Nature Park and overlooks the Southern entrance to Thimphu Valley.

festival · temple

The Dochula Druk Wangyel Festival start from year 2011 and the festival will take place every year on December 13 at the Druk Wangyel Lhakhang’s Festival ground.The festival is related to important national landmarks while the date commemor…

ceremony · hills

Thousands of colourful Buddhist prayer flags on Chele La Pass in Bhutan. Chele la (pass) at an elevation 13000 ft asl is considered to be one of the highest motorable passes in Bhutan.

hills · farmland

Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ་; Wylie transliteration: ʼbrug-yul "Druk Yul"), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia located at the eastern end of the Himalayas.

sport

Bhutanese man makes arrows. He heats up the stick for smooth finish. Archery, the national sport of Bhutan, is a common feature of everyday life.

One musy try the Kepta of Bumthang. People from Bumthang use more of Buckwheat and the lady in the video is making roti and butter tea wearing the national dress- Kira. At the end of the video, two ladies are churning butter tea.

24 four and five leaf clovers in three minutes!! Yes, Rupin Dang sets a record for four and five leaf clovers while in Bhutan in three minutes.

hills · temple

Jangtsa Dumgtseg Lhakhang is a Buddhist temple in western Bhutan. The temple is notable as it is in the form of a chorten, very rare in Bhutan.

festival · temple

The festival takes place at Kurjey Temple, located at Kurjey in the Chokhor valley in Bumthang district. It is a 15 minute drive from Chamkhar town to arrive at the temple grounds.

hills · ceremony

Prayer flags in the high mountains of the Buddhist people across the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.

temple · festival

During the Tsechu festival Bhutanese people offer obeisance in front of the Thongdrel seeking blessings. A Thongdrel (alt. throngdrel) is a large tapestry unveiled during tsechus (religious festivals) in Bhutan.

hills · livestock

This is how Arunachali milk mithun. Mithun is an important bovine species of north-eastern hill region of India Mithun, also known as ‘Cattle of Mountain” is an important bovine species of north-eastern hill region of India and also of Chin…

crafts

An amazing traditional handicraft shop in Paro, Bhutan. The handicraft shop displays different types of traditional product of Bhutan.

ceremony · hills

A peaceful roadside scene in Bhutan features a sacred Chorten standing prominently against the hillside.

Drukgyal meaning “the fortress of the victorious Drukpas” is located in Phondey village in Paro. History has it that Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel built the dzong to commemorate his victory over the Tibetan-Mongol forces in 1649.

wildlife · birds

The Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) is a medium-sized crane in Asia that breeds on the Tibetan Plateau and winters mainly in remote parts of India and Bhutan.

wildlife · birds

A number of Black necked Cranes or Grus nigricollis (also known by some ornithologists as Tibetan Cranes) peck at tubers in a field around a house in Gangtey, Phobjikha valley. One can see the Aman Resort property in the backdrop.

wildlife · birds

The Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) is a medium-sized crane in Asia that breeds on the Tibetan Plateau and winters mainly in remote parts of India and Bhutan.

festival · temple

The festival takes place at Kurjey Temple, located at Kurjey in the Chokhor valley in Bumthang district. It is a 15 minute drive from Chamkhar town to arrive at the temple grounds.

hills · school

Gongzim Ugyen Dorji Higher Secondary School in Haa Village in Bhutan. Haa District is one of the 20 dzongkhag or districts comprising Bhutan.

temple · hills

An old woman climbing up step to reach the Taktsang monastery in Bhutan. Paro Taktsang is the popular name of Taktsang Palphug Monastery (also known as Tiger's Nest), a prominent Himalayan Buddhist sacred site and temple complex, located in…

The wildfilmsindia crew show us how rice is pound in Bhutan, using large wooden poles and a flattish wooden bed with a hole that contains the red rice in it.