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  • A man taking a shot for 100m away target with a traditional bow and arrow. Archery is a national game of Bhutan. An archer make an unusual noise, which is believed to drive away flying spirits hovering on the way of arrow because it is sin to hit them.
  • The Black Hat Dance performed by monks in fortresses is to purify from sins and to deliver to nirvana by observing them.
  • Trekkers at night camp below the Jele Dzong, which is the first night of 6 days Druk Path Trek.
  • A wrathful mask dance to overpower and subdue evils obstructing and opposing the doctrine.
  • A Nepali type chorten on the way to Trongsa was supposed to built by Lama Shida. It is a popular lunch stop for travelers going from western to central Bhutan.
  • Dried chilies on the farmhouse windows. Bhutanese take chilies as curry rather than spice. When cooked with cheese becomes a staple food of Bhutanese.
  • A part of 108 Namgyal Khangzang Chorten in 3100m Dochula Pass was built by the Queen Ashi Dorji Wangmo for the well being of the country.
  • Typical Bhutanese elders with prayer beds in lady’s hand watching the Festival in Thimphu’s famous Tashichhodzong.
  • Bhutanese women in their finest attire and ornaments during the Festivals.
  • 2nd highest mountain as seen after Lingshi on Jumolhari Trek.
  • Monks in Tango posing for the photograph. It is a pride and privilege to have one of the family members a monk in Bhutan.
  • The highest un-climbed peak in the world as seen from the Jangothang base camp on 9 days Jumolhari Trek. Locals consider this mountain as the abode of goddess.
  • The Fortress of hips of Jewels focused through the traditional bridge on the way to the Dzong is also were the film Little Buddha by Bertulucci was shot.
  • The great treasure revealer of 15th century is the great Drukpa pioneer in Bhutan from where the current rulers of Bhutan have originated.
  • Wooden phallus hanging from the Bhutanese farmhouse is supposed to ward off evils. The tradition is associated to the Divine Madman Drukpa Kuenley whose esoteric teaching was based on wine and women. Legend says that when Drukpa Kuenley was traveling from Tibet to Bhutan he used his flaming phallus to drive away evil spirits.
  • Masked dancers perform "Pholay Molay," the Bhutanese tale of nobles and their unfaithful noble ladies.
  • The procession leading the chief abbot to his residence in Thimphu Festival.
  • White water rafting is becoming increasingly popular in Bhutan. Rafters after the completion of lunch session at Phochu River in Punakha.
  • An archaic seats cover belonging to the First King of Bhutan is now the show piece in Textile Museum.
  • Ta Dzong, which means Watch Tower (seen on the hill top) to defend Paro Valley and the Dzong below is now functioning as the national museum.
  • Intricately woven textile from Eastern Bhutan.
  • Liberation by sight -- a giant scroll painting, which is being unfurled in the early morning of the last day of Paro Spring Festival is believed to liberate sins and purify from defilements by observing it.
  • On A 6-day Druk Path Trek.
  • A typical Bhutanese village with clusters of farmhouses. Farmhouses are one of the best examples of a Bhutanese architecture having constructed without using a single nail.
  • In borrowed robes -- visitors tend to be in a festive mood with a Bhutanese traditional dress ‘gho’ posed for a photography before going to witness the Paro Festival and mingle with the locals.
  • Bhutan in early sixties – an old lady fetching grains in a water mill. Perhaps modern technologies are the imitated version of the old home grown technologies.
  • Women from Laya, northern most border of Bhutan, wearing rain jackets made from yak's hair and hats made of bamboo. People of Laya depend entirely on yaks for their livelihood.

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