Bhutan Culture

Each village, community and district celebrate the Tshechu in their various style and fashion – however the main theme is same everywhere with slight variations depending upon the ethnic background, tradition and local myths. The festivals revolve around well choreographed masked dances based mostly on incidents from the life of Guru Rinpoche or Padmasambhava, the saint who introduced Buddhism to Bhutan in the eight century. Witnessing the masked dances is very spiritual and most importantly one is cleansed of all sins and bestowed with blessings and good wishes.

Bhutan is not a country for every traveler, or a favored travel destination. But, Bhutan is also not just another country to be struck off the bucket list once visited. While Bhutan continues to be one of the top travel destinations and once a lifetime must visit country for the right reasons, it should also be for the authentic experience that can never be replaced. Has traveling made you a better person, conscious of your health, environment, and mindful of your surroundings? Were there epiphanic moments in your travels that changed, among others, your perceptions of life, and perhaps made you more grounded and humble? Should these also be considered the benefits of traveling?

To make positive impact in my field of activity leading to organization growth by creative application based convictions and professional divinity by putting my all efforts in the work assigned to me in an organization where I can grow along with the organization and also to build career in a growing organization, where I can get the opportunities to prove my abilities by accepting challenges, fulfilling the organization goal and climb the career ladder through continuous learning and commitment.

While Bhutan is known by many names, the most relevant is “The Land of Medicinal Herbs’ as coined by the Tibetan traditional doctors as there are numerous medicinal plants and herbs grown and many not identified yet. The herbal plants/soil and the mineral rocks combine to give the hot-springs a powerful natural healing of various medicinal values which is considered to cure many diseases and ailments.

Bhutan is a unique country of exceptional distinctive culture and traditions and by far the national dress called the Gho for men and Kira for women maybe the most unique and beautiful of all. A tourists’ first glimpse of the gracefully clad men and women in their Gho and Kira at the Airport sets the stage for a truly Bhutanese unique cultural experience in Bhutan.