His Majesty graces Gangtey Goenpa |
Kencho Wangmo from Gangtey Goenpa will remember November 24 for the rest of her life.
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| His Majesty the King meets the people of Shar Bjena, Phobjikha and Gangtey at the Gangtey Sang Nga Choling monastery on Monday, November 24. |
26 November, 2008 - The 66-year old nun met with His Majesty the King, spoke to him, and offered thridar at the courtyard of the Gangtey Lhakhang where she was told His Majesty would visit. His Majesty accepted her thridar and in return presented to her a watch.
Kencho Wangmo said she would cherish the moment for the rest of her life. “I will always wear it and learn to guide my prayers that I’ll offer to His Majesty,” she said.
Hundreds of people from Bjena, Phobjikha and Gangtey under Wangduephodrang dzongkhag gathered to celebrate His Majesty’s Coronation on November 24, when His Majesty visited the 395-year-old restored Gangtey Sang Nga Choling monastery, the seat of the Pema Lingpa lineage, and prayed for the happiness and the well being of the people, continued peace, prosperity and security of the country, and long life of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo.
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27 November, 2008 - Tired of paying through your nose for a taxi ride? Just wait till next week.
Bhutan taxi service (BTS) is launching a pre-paid taxi scheme at a 50 percent discount rate from December 4. BTS, which has hired about 30 Bolero taxis, will charge Nu 250 between Thimphu and Phuentsholing, Nu 80 between Paro and Thimphu, and Nu 100 between Thimphu and Punakha and Wangduephodrang.
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From cottage industry to global market |
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27 November, 2008 - In October a group of Bhutanese businesspersons came back with bitter experience after participating in a trade fair in Thailand. Their goods, mostly handicrafts, received a poor response from the Thais.
Now, the department of trade, which led the team to Thailand in October, has brought home expertise from Thailand to train Bhutanese tailors, weavers, designers and even college graduates aspiring to be designers.
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26 November, 2008 - “Is it enough for us to know how to measure happiness and to hope that this will influence policy-making? Is making Gross National Happiness (GNH) policies and programmes enough? What of political will and capacity, given the fact that these, in a democracy, are responses conditioned by popular demands and aspirations?”
“If people do not understand and favour GNH-based policies, will politicians dare? And, if they do, will they succeed? How do we begin? How do we internalise, beyond intellectual enquiry and statements, the values that we speak of? How do we, as academics, thinkers, scientists, leaders and concerned citizens, change our own way of life and behaviour?”
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India House tee off Nov. 26 |
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22 November, 2008 - The most popular golf tournament in the country, the India House Maruti golf tournament will commence from November 26.
The winner will drive home a Maruti Zen Estillo car, co-sponsored by Maruti Suzuki India ltd. The tournament is open to both men and women.
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Overland to Thunder Dragon land |
22 November, 2008 - Twenty adventurous Dutch and eight cars hit the roads for Bhutan to be a part of the celebrations long before the preparations took off here.
The Road to Bhutan rally drove 15,000 km for 67 days through Italy, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and India, “making music” along the way, and entered Bhutan from Gelephu on November 20. Their rally flagged off on September 26.
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MDG: Good prognosis but challenges remain |
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22 November, 2008 - With seven years left to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), Bhutan still faces major challenges of unequal development in rural and urban regions, youth unemployment, resource constraints and climate change impact to achieve the targets.
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WTO accession: A question of if rather than when? |
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22 November, 2008 - "There is lot of misgivings about Bhutan joining WTO."
The secretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA), Dasho Sonam Tshering, told Kuensel at the BCCI hall in Thimphu where he was chairing a WTO awareness workshop this Thursday.
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Tsirang Dzong consecrated |
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November 21: His Holiness the Je Khenpo consecrated the new Tsirang dzong on November 19. The Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley was the chief guest at the consecration ceremony.
The Tashi Rabney or the consecration ceremony of the new Tsirang dzong began with Sunchey at the Kunerey led by His Holiness the Je Khnepo.
The dzong is located around half a kilometer from the Damphu town. The construction of the dzong began in January 2004. It was constructed at a cost of over Nu. 147 million.
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Tercham - The naked dance that distracted the devil |
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The highlight of the Jampa lhakhang tsechu kicks off at midnight
21 November, 2008 - It is almost midnight. The temperature has dropped to 2 degree Celsius. A large gathering of devotees waits in anticipation huddled near Jampa lhakhang in Bumthang, their eyes on the monastery’s main door.
Exactly at midnight, a group of men rushes out from the door, swirling and twirling in the air, to the rhythmic accompaniment of traditional mask dance drums and cymbals.
Except for their faces, which are covered by a white cloth, the men are all naked.
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Signature campaign against drug abuse |
23,330 sign the “We, the children” pledge in a 1,140-paged book
20 November, 2008 - A 1,140-paged book, containing signatures of 23,330 people pledging to live a drug-free life, was submitted to the prime minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley on Monday.
The signatures of people across the country pledging to live a drug-free life was compiled during a weeklong campaign that started from November 6. Titled “We the Children Pledge,” the maximum signatures are those of youth, but it also has signatures of parents, who pledged to set a good example to all Bhutanese children by signing a “Say no to drugs, Say yes to life,” form.
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Vintage cars, a grand piano and many musicians |
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20 November, 2008 - Bhutan is in for a grand treat with two groups of special guests arriving in the country to be a part of the coronation and centenary celebrations.
A group of 20 people will arrive in Gelephu today in 10 cars making “music all the way”. The group, known as Road to Bhutan, has travelled for the last nine weeks through Italy, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and India before reaching Bhutan.
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15 November, 2008 - Ceremonies marked by solemnity, piety, and grace… celebrations full of colour and gaiety… people deeply rooted in a tradition and culture that quintessentially define Bhutan.
Such were the images that the guest of honour for the Coronation celebrations, President Pratibha Patil of India, took back with her when she left Bhutan.
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A King for today ...and tomorrow |
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15 November, 2008 - Empowered with the Dar Na-Nga, endowed with the Raven Crown, the Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck became an embodiment of the people as an unprecedented crowd took part in the Coronation celebrations.
Children, women, and men came to offer the Thridar and His Majesty the King embraced the public in every sense. As the images of the Coronation flashed around the world, the unanimous view was that this was a Monarch, who truly touched, not just his own people, but everyone who saw or met him.
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HIS MAJESTY THE KING'S CORONATION ADDRESS |
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8 November, 2008 - It is with immense joy that we are gathered together on this most auspicious day. In these last 100 years the dreams and aspirations of our forefathers and the vision of our Kings have been fulfilled beyond all expectations. The wise and selfless leadership of our kings, the sacrifice and hard work of generations of Bhutanese and the special bond between the People and King have given us this unique and special nation – a jewel of the earth.
Two years ago, at a time of profound change I came onto the Throne as a young King. You, my people, in the spirit of generations past, worked with me with complete faith and gave me your wholehearted cooperation and goodwill. Thus, in these two short years while we have taken gigantic steps towards strengthening our nation, we have done so in a calm, deliberate manner in complete harmony. It is with great pride that we stand as new democracy, having successfully completed an unprecedented and historic transition.
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