People of Jakar and Kurjey attend the Kurjey Tsechu in Bumthang, Bhutan’s central green pasturage valley, to pay obeisance to Guru Rinpoche / Rinpoche, who brought Buddhism to Bhutan. On his birthday, the thankha / thanka / thangka / thangkha / thongdrel is unfurled at the Kurjey Tsechu or festival. A monk counts the...
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People of Jakar and Kurjey attend the Kurjey Tsechu in Bumthang, Bhutan’s central green pasturage valley, to pay obeisance to Guru Rimpoche / Rinpoche, who brought Buddhism to Bhutan. On his birthday, the thankha / thanka / thangka / thangkha is unfurled at the Kurjey Tsechu or festival.Buddha meaning “awakened one” or “the enlightened...
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