Festivals in Shikoku

Bhutan Folk Festival

Location:                Vicinity of the Punakha Dzong (Fortress)

Season/dates:       13, 14 &15 Dec, 2008

Duration:                3 days

Tourist Profile:     Enjoys sports and games, history, culture, outdoors

The Bhutan Folk Festival is organized to commemorate the 100 years of monarchy and to celebrate the coronation of a new king. The event offers visitors a chance to experience and discover the living tradition and cultural heritage of Bhutan, the last Himalayan Buddhist kingdom. The Festival is a 3 days event in Punakha (1,350m, 4,430ft), the old capital of Bhutan.

The event will be held somewhere in the vicinity of the fortress. It will showcase both the contemporary and age old Bhutanese traditions which are
practiced in today's day to day life. The highlight of the event would be for the Bhutanese and visitors alike to interact with the people of the six Gewogs (sub districts) under the Punakha Dzongkhag (District) and the people of Bhutan.

One interesting feature of the event is that, the guests can participate in the games and experience rural lifer styles. Traditional cuisines and traditions that accompany Bhutanese sporting competitions will also be showcased.  

The event, besides paying homage to the local arts and artisans and engraving in the deepest recesses of the visitors’ senses Bhutan’s living culture and tradition, would be a possible prospective for the revelation of what has been celebrated as a truly unique existence to the global anthology of similar lifestyles of other parts of the world.

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