The thunder dragon wakes gently
Every evening, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, your fourth king of Bhutan and father of the present king, rides a bicycle included in his exercise regimen. He pedals swiftly up a steep mountain road, then just one cyclist guard. In the traditional costume, with no show of pomp or ceremony to mark his passage, he could be yet another of the many Bhutanese commoners who cycle for their health.
We're sitting on the hillside, watching the lights of Thimpu come on far below, once the king whizzes past on his cycle. king, the fourth king, you're so lucky. gushes Sonam, the lady with us, breathless readily. do you know it him, we chorus. recognised him,[url=http://discountcoastblacktiedressesonline.manifo.com/][b]http://discountcoastblacktiedressesonline.manifo.com/[/b][/url], she says, the guard behind him was wearing the palace livery. Its people have a fairytale respect for his or her royalty; their faith within their way of life is touchingly earnest. Plus they seem determined to keep their culture and beliefs even as the wind of change blows softly in, winding its way through the valleys and passes to curl insidiously around their marbles.
There is much in Bhutan to please the attention and intrigue the senses. The very first sight of the people still dressed up in their traditional costumes may come as a shock. The men who pick us up at the airport have been in traditional dress,[url=http://coasteveningdresses.webs.com/][b]http://coasteveningdresses.webs.com/[/b][/url], a heavy coat-like garment tied at the waist, socks that reach their ankles, and shoes. It not just for special events; the gho is common everyday attire and also the men look amazingly comfortable in the warm folds.
The women match them perfectly. The ankle-length kera in colourful patterns teamed with a blouse and a jacket held together with a brooch lends them infinite gracefulness. I spend my entire watching the way the colours and patterns mix and match to have an unending variety of looks,[url=http://coastdressesoutletonline2013.manifo.com/][b]http://coastdressesoutletonline2013.manifo.com/[/b][/url], while the silhouette remains the same. Westerners must wonder thus at our sari-clad women.
Yet, along the main streets of Thimpu, the capital, shops sell a number of western clothes, cheap synthetics stitched into jackets and knitted into tights and blouses. Jeans and halter tops stand boldly on mannequins. And yes, the graceful Sonam, who floats with the day on soft feet, sometimes chooses to dress differently. A refreshing change but somehow it robs her of her classic beauty. Other signs of change tend to be more alarming. A kilometre from Thimpu with its houses and buildings of carved and painted wood that blend smoothly with the verdant surroundings, the environment is sharp using the sound of machines and men. Buildings reach up many floors along the swift flowing river, their frames are brick, not mud, their fronts in some cases will be of toughened glass. Renting a house may be the first option for many city-dwellers,[url=http://coastdressireland.webs.com/][b]http://coastdressireland.webs.com/[/b][/url], and builders are finding methods to profit from the growing need.
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When it's time to plant paddy, the 23-year-old needs time to work on go back home and help her family with farming. weed the paddy, I milk the cows, it hard work, she says. in the city makes chores which were part of our lives a long time ago almost too difficult to bear. we don want is either sold or given away to relatives, he explains, mother gave hers to her sister. The fourth king opened the doors by aiding the development of the nation first democratic government headed by a constitutional monarch. Reportedly, his subjects wept at the idea but have come to terms with democracy,[url=http://coastdressesirelandonline2013.webs.com/][b]http://coastdressesirelandonline2013.webs.com/[/b][/url], using its attendant aspects: a growing media, electioneering, penal codes et al,[url=http://authenticrogerviviershoes.webs.com/][b]http://authenticrogerviviershoes.webs.com/[/b][/url].
More sweeping was the opening of Bhutan to the net and television. Today, saffron dressed young monks hold mobile phones and the prayer wheel alternately, and an evening visit to shops selling bolts of Chinese silk in Thimpu can get you a disinterested glance from an attendant immersed within the latest soap beamed by Indian TV.
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I watch amazed as a monk prostrates at each step of the uphill route to his monastery, and wonder if any of the approximately 50,000 young adults who reside in the country would also consider such an open display of devotion for their religion. Yet godliness resides within the smiles and also the soft speech from the Bhutanese. Hopefully, the winds that are blowing in will not steal that away. In my experience it seems that as long as soul of Bhutan endures in its faith in a loving God, the country will stay insured from facelessness. And the fourth King can pedal away on his daily constitutional knowing all is well in the country.
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