The people of Bhutan
In brief
Bhutan's population is, in many ways, one large family. More than 90 percent of the people live on subsistence farming, scattered in sparsely populated villages across the rugged terrain of the Himalayas.
People enjoy chewing betel nut
In Bhutan, betel nut chewing defies time and space, age and gender. And, nobody exactly knows how, why and when betel nut became such a fundamental part of the Bhutanese culture and ethos.
A yak herder and a yak song
When the yak song was first sung, people wept. It became the conversation in villages from Soe Jangothang to Lingshi to Laya. Its story was told and re-told with every singer worth their salt imitating the song and wrenching as many tears from as many listeners.
The Divine Madman
Bhutan is an exotic and strange destination. But of all of its unique characteristics, none seems more peculiar to us than the history and legends of the great religious teacher and holyman, Lama Drukpa Kunley, known throughout Bhutan as “The Divine Madman.”
