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The Kingdom of Bhutan 不丹王国 (Spring 2013)
chin:
I saw some people wearing some fancy shoes, and we were told that only people of status wear those shoes. Regular men on the street wear regular black or brown shoes.
(But I forgot if only people of status are ALLOWED to wear, or simply because those fancy shoes are too expensive for commoners...)
In the first picture, this group of officials were wearing the fancy shoes. And later in Paro Dzone, I happened to met this former minister who allowed me to take picture of his fancy shoes.
chin:
Some random shots of old people hanging out in the local temple passing the days. It looked like they just hang out, chat, occasionally stand up to turn the payer wheels.
We will have more pictures of temple and dzones later. Dzones are usually the largest building in a town, designed fortress like, for the multi-purpose of administration, worship, and defense.
chin:
We planned our trip to coincide with the last 2 days of the annual Paro Festival. It's supposedly the biggest days for the people there, and they would wear their best to attend the festival. The festival took at a temple behind the Paro Dzone.
One of the most common activities in the festival is the mask dances, as can be seen in these pictures.
chin:
There was certainly People Mountain People Sea (人山人海) at the festival ground.
These pictures were taken on two different days. First one shows the people sitting on the hill on the back of the festival ground. The second one was taken the last days when the very large Tangka was showing on the wall of the castle. The snack they are having is like 爆米花 (pop-rice, as like pop-corn) in milk tea.
chin:
Some pictures of the mask dances.
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