Festivals

Welcome to the picturesque valley in western Bhutan that is also the home to one of the Kingdom’s most stunning traditional fortresses.

In 2021, I traveled with UNDP Bhutan to a special place in northern Bhutan. I was blessed with an...

There is a festival of warriors that takes place early spring at the fortress of Punakha Dzong. It is one of the most theatrical of all Bhutanese festivals.

If you enquire about Naked Dance Festivals in Bhutan, you’ll probably be led to the annual event in Bumthang in Jambay Lhakhang but did you know that there are far more eventful performances in the east? The Mey Lhha Naked Dance Festival in Chhema, Trashiyantse is one of them.

So, I made a last minute trip to the much-awaited Bhutan Bird Festival in the small isolated little town of Tingtibi in Zhemgang

One of the biggest and most sacred Tsechu festivals in the kingdom of Bhutan, Paro Tshechu happens every Spring in Bhutan.

Imagine this: you’re surrounded by snow capped mountains, dome shaped tents made of yak hair and you’re in the middle of one of Bhutan’s most popular highland festivals.

How much do we really know about ancient Bhutan? Who were the original settlers? My recent trip to the Monpa festival in Jangbi, Trongsa was a voyage into a portal of ancient Bhutan; a time when the tribes of the mountain forest existed and a time when a tribal community lived together with nature.