Festivals in Bhutan
Before sunrise on a clear October morning in Thimphu, families are already moving up the hill toward the dzong. They are wrapped against the cold, carrying flasks of butter tea, bundles of rice, and folded picnic blankets. By the time the sun crests the eastern ridge, the courtyard will be full. The Thimphu Tshechu has begun, and for the next three days, the city’s heartbeat will move with it.
Astrology in Bhutan
Walk into a Bhutanese home in the first week of the new year and there is a good chance you will find a thin booklet tucked beside the family altar. It is not a planner. It is a calendar of timing, prepared by an astrologer, and it tells the family which days are favourable for travel, which are best avoided for surgery, when to plant, when to break ground on a house, when to marry.