The Thongdrol enrolled
Thanka enrolled at the Paro Tsechu
Sacrificial offering butter lamps
Construction for a new Bhutanese farmer house
Simple farm house along the trekking way
The last steps to the Taktshang monastery
Tiger's Nest Monastery with the fire destroyed par…
Taktshang Monastery
Steep way to the Monastery
Tiger's Nest Monastery
View point rest area
Chorten and horse place to the Tiger's Nest view p…
Prayer flags on the path to Taksang
Rope bridge over the Paro river
Farm house complex at the hillside
Kyichu Lhakhang temple in the Paro Valley
Bhutanese little ladies in the yard of the monaste…
Kyichu Lhakhang
Kyichu Lhakhang Monastery
Bhutanese men get to meet for archery
Monks watching the women dancing performance
Dancing women in their traditional Kira
Bhutanese man playing archery
Local people waiting to touch the Thanka
Welcome dance of the Lamas
Sha-Zami, The dance of the deers
Shhanag, The dance of the black hats
Pass on the way to Ha
Drukgyel Dzong
Drukgyel, the starting point of our trek
Archery in Drukgyel
The last Chorten
Farmhouse at the Paro riverside
Traditional Bhutanese farm house
A checkpoint on the way to the Chomolhari
Across the Paro river
Jangothang the Chomolhary sanctuary
Meeting a caravan
Herds woman and her baby
The young Paro river and the Chomolhari
Chomolhari (7314 m?)
Chomolhari peak (7314 m?)
In front of the Yak herders hut
Invited from a Yak herders family
Herders mother and her daughter
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The enrolled second biggest Thanka (Thongdrol)
On the last day of Tsechu, rise before dawn to attend the display of the great Thongdrol. An intricately appliqued and embroidered silk scroll measuring 12,20 x 18,30 meter. This work of art pictures the eight manisfestations of Guru Rinpoche, the Second Buddha and the founder of Tantric Buddhism. Thangkas such as this one are regarded as great treasures and are displayed only once a year for a few hours. It is believed that the mere sight of the Thongdrol brings salvation to the beholder. The festival area fills with people from all over the country well before dawn. People offer butter lamps and receive Thongdrol blessings. Monks dance cheerfully beating on double-sided drums with curved drumsticks. The Thongdrol is then let down to the ground and ceremoniously rolled and folded away before the first rays of the sun can reach it. Following the display of the Thongdrol, the Tsechu continues throughout the day with the performances of several additional dances.
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