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Cradled in the folds of the Himalayas, Bhutan has relied on its geographical isolation to protect itself from outside cultural influences. A sparsely populated country bordered by India to the south, and China to the north, Bhutan has long maintained a policy of strict isolationism, both culturally and economically, with the goal of preserving its cultural heritage and independence.
The Ngalop introduced Tibetan culture and Buddhism to Bhutan and comprise the dominant political and cultural element in modern Bhutan. Furthermore, cultural, ethnic, and linguistic identity in Bhutan are not always mutually exclusive. For these reasons, Ngalops are often simply identified as Bhutanese.
Bhutan has a rich and unique cultural heritage that has largely remained intact because of its isolation from the rest of the world until the mid-20th century. One of the main attractions for tourists is the country's culture and traditions. Bhutanese tradition is deeply steeped in its Buddhist heritage.
Numerous ethnic groups inhabit Bhutan, but the Ngalop people who speak the Dzongkha language constitute a majority of the Bhutanese population. [1] [2] The Bhutanese are of four main ethnic groups, which themselves are not necessarily exclusive – the politically and culturally dominant Ngalop of western and northern Bhutan, the Sharchop of eastern Bhutan, the Lhotshampa concentrated in ...
The gho or g'ô (Dzongkha: བགོ་, IPA:) [1] is the traditional and national dress for men in Bhutan. Introduced in the 17th century by Ngawang Namgyal , 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche , to give the Ngalop people a more distinctive identity, it is a knee-length robe tied at the waist by a cloth belt known as the kera ( Dzongkha : སྐེད ...
Heritage center: 2001 Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs: Museum offers visitors a window into the lifestyle of Bhutanese villagers and their households, artifacts and items of daily use. The museum regularly organizes demonstrations of rural traditions, skills, habits and customs, household objects and tools of rural life in Bhutan. [1] 3
Bhutan is represented in the U.S. through its permanent mission to the United Nations. The United States is represented through the American embassy in New Delhi, India. Bhutan is one of two countries in Asia to have never hosted an American embassy with the other being North Korea.
The Bhutan Cultural Atlas (འབྲུག་གི་ལམ་སྲོལ་ས་ཁྲ།) is a web based cultural mapping initiative sponsored by the Royal University of Bhutan - College of Language and Culture Studies, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Oriental Cultural Heritage Sites Protection Alliance (OCHSPA, France), aimed at helping to preserve Bhutan's intangible and ...