– Bhutan between two worlds
Sandwiched between India and China, the kingdom of 750,000 souls clings to its culture like a protective rampart. But the wind of globalization is also blowing!
Published: 05.11.2023, 4:35 p.m.
The Buddha on the heights of the capital Thimphu brings together the faithful every Saturday. They spend the day there, some following Buddha’s teaching, others… playing.
F.Millioud
Happiness… in Bhutan, it’s not fake! There, surrounded by India, China and the Himalayan range, the country has made it its raw material, as well as a currency of cultural and human exchange, unique in the world. Even if, in the surroundings of Thimphu – the capital which continues to grow with the rural exodus – the external signs of poverty are visible in some housing estates of shacks which are more of the shantytown model than of the traditional architecture imposed on all constructions. .
2023-11-05 15:35:36
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