| Celebration
of the Centenary of the Monarchy 1907 - 2007 : Festivities
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According
to information from Bhutan, the celebrations in 2007 have been postponed.
Festivities for the centenary of monarchy will take place in 2008. |
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Majesty the King advised the Cabinet that the celebrations planned by the
government to mark the centenary of the Monarchy in Bhutan should be held
in 2008 because 2006 and 2007 were lona (inauspicious years) according
to the lunar calendar. His Majesty said that there would be many events
to celebrate in 2008 but having too many grand celebrations would be unnecessarily
expensive and the money would be better spent in development programmes
and in establishing the Constitutional institutions that would be necessary
for the success of parliamentary democracy in Bhutan. His Majesty advised
that the centenary of the Monarchy, the adoption of the Tsathrim, the introduction
of general elections, and the installment of a democratic government could
all be combined to save costs.
Because
of the two-year lona (inauspicious years) period, in 2006 and 2007,
His Majesty advised the government to plan and formally inaugurate the
important Constitutional institutions and offices before the lona started.
Source:
KUENSEL |
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As
part of the celebration of the centenary of Monarchy in Bhutan,
the Department of Tourism is planning new programmes for the year to bring
visitors closer to the Bhutanese. The theme for the year is "Meet
the Bhutanese" and innovative programmes
are being developed to take visitors to villages, live on farms, mingle
with school children, and partake in archery tournaments. New treks and
trails are also being planned, including the Nabji/Korphu which will take
the trekkers across sub-tropical regions of Wangduephodrang, Trongsa and
Zhemgang. There is also the new Great Himalayan Trail which will take trek
lovers from Haa in the west to Trashiyangtse in the east right through
Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim in India to Nepal.
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article was contributed by KUENSEL, Bhutan's National
Newspaper |
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