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		<title>2011 Festival Dates</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once a year a Dzong or an important village may hold a religious festival called a Tsechu. Villagers from the nearby villagest come for several days of religious observances and socializing while contributing auspicious offerings to the monastery of the festival. The central activity is a fixed set of religious mask dances, or Cham, held [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Paro Tshechu Begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under a warm spring sun, and dressed in their finest ghos and kiras, Parops, pilgrims, and an almost equal number of tourists, celebrated the first day of Paro Tsechu, witnessing sacred dances performed in the cobble-stoned courtyard of the Paro Rinpung Dzong. Sacred masked dances are performed during Tshechu festivals. Events inside Paro Rinpung Dzong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Year of the Tiger</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we welcome the year of the Tiger, the new year is not about roaring celebration. It instead calls for more conservation actions. Among the 13 tiger range countries in the world, Bhutan, which is best known for its conservation policies, is launching postal stamps of tigers as a sign of commitment to the global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phajoding &#8211; An  Endangered Cultural Monument</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Monument Fund (WMF) on Tuesday announced that Phajoding monastery in Thimphu has been enlisted as one of the five endangered cultural monuments that need most help in the world. The fund reported that Phajoding has been a regional centre for a spiritual tradition of solitary meditation for centuries. Now, as more trekkers than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thimphu Drubchen &#8211; 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sacred Thimphu Drubchen (popularly known as Thimphu Dromchoey) was performed today at the Thimphu Tashichhodzong. The sacred masked dance is dedicated to appeasing the protecting deity of Bhutan, Pelden Lhamo. The dance ceremony was instituted between 1705 and 1709 by Kuenga Gyaltshen, the first reincarnation of Jampel Dorji, son of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thimphu Drubchen and Thimphu Tshechu, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thimphu Drubchen and Thimphu Tshechu are just around the corner.  Thimphu Drubchen is on 24 September, and Thimphu Tshechu on 28, 29 and 30 September. These festivals which take place in the Thimphu Tashichhodzong, is a major tourist attraction in the fall. Thimphu Drubchen Date: 24 September, 2009 Venue: Tashichhodzong Tourists are strictly prohibited to [...]]]></description>
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