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Beskop Tshechu, the first documentary and short film festival in Bhutan, begins today at the Royal Thai Pavilion in Thimphu at 6:00 pm. The film festival will screen short fiction films and documentaries made by Bhutanese as well as a few foreign films. According to the organizing committee, the festival is aimed at promoting and [...]
A day-long Bhutanese folk music festival will be inaugurated at the clock tower square in Thimphu on Saturday. The music and dance event will mark the historic reunion of the last 27 surviving traditional artistes from the court of the third Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. The festival will also feature legendary master dancers and [...]
Gearing up for the folk festival to be held on October 22 at the Clock Tower square in Thimphu, 26 veteran royal dancers from the third Druk Gyalpo’s time are back in Thimphu dancing to the songs they haven’t performed for more than 35 years. Ap Tsheten Dorji, 75, from Jakar in Bumthang said it [...]
A musical album called ‘Introspection’, a musical tribute, was launched yesterday coinciding with the royal wedding at the Clock Tower square in Thimphu. The debut album by Pelden Dorji, a 29-year-old singer, songwriter and musician, contains 12 Dzongkha songs covering themes like love, friendship, lessons, strength, weaknesses, and life itself. The album dwells on inspiration [...]
Several years ago, Vogue magazine ran an ad campaign which read ‘runaways are everywhere’ all over the place, from billboards to malls to side of the buses and trams. Since then, the brand has spread, and the street fashion photography is rigorously followed by ad agencies and design houses taking real life pictures on the [...]
Last weekend’s Bhutan Star show saw a teary exit for four contestants, all from eastern Bhutan – Tshering Lhamo A from Pemagatshel, Tshewang Chenzom from Trashigang, Pema Tshewang and Sonam Lhamo from Mongar. The eliminated contestants were given Nu 10,000 each along with a dinner set and The Stain on the Moon novel by aspiring [...]
Viewers say stage fright was the most memorable part of the show No music show goes without a critical review of the small television viewership in the country. The third season of Bhutan Star singing show, which began last weekend, received mixed responses from the viewers. On the first show, the majority of the 25 [...]
With the start of Bhutan Star season III tomorrow in the capital, the hunt for yet another top Bhutanese singing sensation will begin. The show will be aired on BBS TV live every Saturday and Sunday from 2 pm to 5 pm. The new season will have established singers Jigme Nidup and Rinchen Namgay as [...]
Our reporter Karma Palden catches up with T Sean Herbert, a documentarian and the executive producer of the Thunder Dragon Films, who is heading several projects of historic and cultural significance in Bhutan. Q1. Give us a brief background about youself. I am a career journalist who spent past 23 years producing for television news [...]
Yeshey Dhendup (centre) with his family at his home in Tshaphel, Haa The Archer and the Apprentice is a unique documentary following two distinct archers from two extremely different backgrounds. It’s the story of a Bhutanese archer captured in reel for the first time as he prepares for London Olympics 2012. Homecoming The 21-year-old Yeshey [...]
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