Monthly Archives: December 2009

Terdag

In Traditional Healing & Practices, Bhutan | Updated: August 13, 2013 1:57 pm

Close to the Tibetan oracles, these are men who wear a spectacular costume and diagnose problems and propose remedies through […]

In Traditional Healing & Practices, Bhutan | Updated: August 13, 2013 1:57 pm

Pawo are men who are mediums and get possessed by a local deity. Their role is to diagnose problems and […]

In Traditional Healing & Practices, Bhutan | Updated: August 13, 2013 1:57 pm

Pamo are in fact very close to nyeljoms and are spread throughout central and eastern Bhutan. They are also female […]

In Traditional Healing & Practices, Bhutan | Updated: August 13, 2013 1:57 pm

Nyeljom are women who are mediums and become possessed by a local deity. Their role is to diagnose and cure […]

In Cuisine, Chhume | Updated: August 13, 2013 1:57 pm

There are no rice dishes which are the speciality of Bumthang as traditionally Bumthang did not grow rice, because of […]

In Cuisine, Chhume | Updated: August 13, 2013 1:57 pm

Thukpa is a hearty wheat noodle soup in which vegetables or meat is added. Thukpa is a hearty wheat noodle […]

In Cuisine, Chhume | Updated: August 13, 2013 1:57 pm

Flat wheat noodles, resembling tagliatelli, and flavored with a mixture of Sichuan pepper (thinye) and chillies.

In Cuisine, Chhoekhor | Updated: August 13, 2013 1:57 pm

Honey harvesting was introduced in Bumthang in the 1980s by Fritz Maurer. Bumthang honey is much sought after.

In Cuisine, Chhume | Updated: August 13, 2013 1:57 pm

The production of two kinds of European style cheese, Emmenthal and Gouda, was started in Bumthang in the 1970s by […]

In Cuisine, Chhume | Updated: December 4, 2015 5:02 pm

Buckwheat noodles made in the households and served with Sichuan pepper (thinye), chilies, and sometimes whey. Can be eaten cold.