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SSC Unit-6; Lesson-5(A), Bhutan: The land of happiness

Bhutan is called the Jewel of the Eastern Himalayas. This small, landlocked country is located

along the southern slopes of the Himalayan range, bounded by Tibet in the North and India from

the other sides.

āĻ­ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻ­ā§‚-āĻŦā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§Ÿ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻŖ āĻĸāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻŦāĻ¤ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸ā§€āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻ°āĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤

The official name of Bhutan is Druk-yul which means ‘land of the thunder  dragon’. It earned this name because of the fierce storms that often roll in from the Himalayas.

āĻ­ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ•-āĻ‡āĻ‰āĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹ “āĻŦāĻŋāĻœāĻ˛ā§€ āĻĄā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ—āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ°’ āĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĨ¤ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻ•āĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻ‡ āĻ­ā§ŸāĻ‚āĻ•āĻ° āĻā§œ āĻ¤ā§āĻĢāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

The country has an area of 38,394 and a population of  716,896. Since it is cut off from the rest of the world by the Great Himalayas, a unique culture and tradition based on gentle Buddhist beliefs have evolved over time.

āĻāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻ†ā§ŸāĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹ ā§Šā§Ž.ā§Šā§¯ā§Ē āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻ•āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‹āĻŽāĻŋāĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻœāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹ ā§­,ā§§ā§Ŧ,ā§Žā§¯ā§ŦāĨ¤ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§ƒāĻšā§Ž āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§œā§‡āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ¸ā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦā§ŒāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻ— āĻ¯ā§āĻ— āĻ§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻ• āĻ…āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ“ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻ—ā§œā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĨ¤

Bhutanese men wear Gho – a knee length robe – and women wear Kira – a sheet like cloth piece. Bhutanese houses are built from mud and stone, with wooden shingle roof.

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The Bhutanese never use iron nails in their buildings. Usually, the Bhutanese build each other’s houses by exchanging labour within the community. Different festivals are celebrated all year round in Bhutan.

āĻ­ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§‡āĻ°ā§‡āĻ• āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤, āĻ­ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ°āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻ§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ­ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡Â  āĻ‰āĻĻāĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

The festivals reflect colourful masks and the rich Bhutanese culture. Dances are performed by the Buddhist monks to protect the valleys and ward off evil spirits. The main religious festival is called Tshechus.

āĻāĻ‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ°āĻ™āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‹āĻļ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§ƒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§€ āĻ­ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĢāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤āĻŦā§ŒāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ā§€āĻ°āĻž āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ•āĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ–āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻ†āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨ā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸āĻŦāĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻšā§āĻ¸āĨ¤

The teachings of Lord Buddha are enacted through mask dances for three five days in the courtyard of the monasteries. People attend these events in their best clothes, with picnic baskets.

āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻĻā§‡āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ ,āĻ‰āĻ–ā§‹āĻ¸-āĻ¨āĻžāĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§‡ āĻŦā§ŒāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻ†āĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻš āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤ āĻœāĻ¨āĻ—āĻŖ āĻ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ†āĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ¨āĻ­ā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻā§ā§œāĻŋ āĻŦāĻšāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

Another major festival is called Losar. It is celebrated on Lunar New Year. People cook special dishes and wear new clothes. It is a time for family get together. Men play archery or darts while women sing and dance.

āĻ†āĻ°ā§‡āĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ‰āĻĻāĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻŽā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ¤ā§€āĻ°-āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ• āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻ–ā§‹āĻ˛āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŽā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ—āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ“ āĻ¨āĻžāĻšā§‡āĨ¤

Pure mountain air, crystal blue skies and pristine vegetation cover have made this small country an ideal destination for the environment lovers.

āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¸, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ› āĻ¨ā§€āĻ˛ āĻ†āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻĻāĻŋ- āĻ…āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ›āĻžā§ŸāĻž āĻāĻ‡ āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŽā§€āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻļ āĻ˛āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

The government of Bhutan has taken a number of steps to protect its biodiversity. Bhutan is the first country in the world with specific constitutional obligations on its people to protect the environment.

āĻ­ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ§ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻĒ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻœā§€āĻŦ āĻŦā§ˆāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤ āĻ­ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒā§ƒāĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻœāĻ¨āĻ—āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŖā§ŸāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤

As per the constitution, at least 60 percent of the country must remain under forest cover at all times.

Efforts are also taken to protect the nation against the intrusion of foreign cultures and values.

āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻŽāĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡ ā§Ŧā§Ļ āĻļāĻ¤āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻŦā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦā§‡āĨ¤ āĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŦā§‹āĻ§ā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻžā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ†āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ“ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

The first foreign tourists were allowed into Bhutan in 1974. Now, tourism is encouraged but is controlled and limited to about 6,000 visitors a year. Bhutan is one of the last countries in the world to introduce television and the Internet to its people.

āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻŸāĻ•ā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻ­ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿ ā§§ā§¯ā§­ā§Ē āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨, āĻĒāĻ¯āĻŸāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸āĻžāĻš āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ“ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋā§ŸāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°ā§‡ ā§Ŧā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§€āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¸ā§€āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ­ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§€āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŸā§‡āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻŸ āĻœāĻ¨āĻ—āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻĒā§ŒāĻ›ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

The government lifted a ban on TV and the Internet only in 1999. The Bhutanese government has made it mandatory for all Bhutanese to wear only their national dress in public.

āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ° ā§§ā§¯ā§¯ā§¯ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŸāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§‡āĻ§ āĻ‰āĻ āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ­ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ­ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻ¨āĻ—āĻŖāĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛āĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

Finally, the most interesting fact about Bhutan is that they are the only country that measures success in Gross National Happiness rather than Gross National Product!

āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ­ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŽāĻœāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹, āĻāĻŸāĻžāĻ‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŽā§‹āĻŸ āĻœāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ¸ā§āĻ– āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŽā§‹āĻŸ āĻœāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¨ā§ŸāĨ¤

In 2006, Business Week rated Bhutan as the happiest country in Asia and the eighth happiest country in the world.

ā§¨ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ŧ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡, āĻŦāĻŋāĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¸ āĻ‰āĻ‡āĻ• āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§Ÿ āĻāĻ• āĻ¸āĻŽā§€āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ­ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨āĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻļāĻŋā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ–ā§€ āĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§ƒāĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āĻ–ā§€āĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻšāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

1.Landlocked (adj)

2.Slope (n)

3.Bounded (adj)

4.Located (v)

5.Unique (adj)

6.Tradition (n)

7.Belief (n)

8.Evolve (v)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

1.āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ˛āĻŦā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤

2.āĻĸāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻœāĻžā§ŸāĻ—āĻž

3.āĻŦā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤/ āĻ†āĻŦā§ƒāĻ¤

4.āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤

5.āĻ…āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ/ āĻ…āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯

6.āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯

7.āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸

8.āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž/ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
09. Shingle (n)

10. Exchange (v)

11. Festivals (n)

12. Celebrate (v)

13. Enact (v)

14. Monastery (n)

15. Archery or darts (n)

16. Pristine

17. Ecosystem

ā§Ļā§¯. āĻ˜āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻž

ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§§ā§§. āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸āĻŦ

ā§§ā§¨. āĻ‰āĻĻāĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻ¨

ā§§ā§Š. āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ•āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§§ā§Ē. āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ā§€ āĻŽāĻ 

ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻž

ā§§ā§Ŧ.āĻŽā§ŒāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ•/ āĻ†āĻĻāĻŋāĻŽ

ā§§ā§­. āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŦā§ˆāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
18. Flora and Funa (n)

19. Be sentenced (v)

20. Biodiversity (n)

21. Intrusion (n)

22. Mandatory (adj)

23. Measure (n)

ā§§ā§Ž. āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻ­āĻŋāĻĻāĻ•ā§‚āĻ˛ āĻ“ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ•ā§‚āĻ˛

ā§§ā§¯. āĻĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž

ā§¨ā§Ļ. āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŦā§ˆāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°

ā§¨ā§§. āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻļ

ā§¨ā§¨. āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛āĻ•

ā§¨ā§Š. āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻĒ