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BITS OF CULTURE - Bhutan |
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Religion & Death Concepts/Rituals |
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| Diet |
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Languages
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Official language:
Dzongkha(Johnkha)
Other language:
Nepali
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| Cultural
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- Doma or betel nut is offered as a customary gesture of
greeting.
Families, for example, often make their own clothing, bedding,
floor and seat covers, tablecloths, and decorative items
for daily and religious use.
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| Diet |
- Though there is plenty of white rice, Bhutanese prefer
a local, slightly nutty, red variety. At high altitudes,
wheat is the staple.
- Several Tibetan-style dishes are common, including momos
(dumplings) and thukpa (noodles)
- The Bhutanese diet is rich in meat, dairy, grain (particularly
rice) and vegetables. Emadatse, made with green hot chilies
and cheese stew, is considered the national dish with many
interpretations to this recipe throughout the kingdom.
- Meat dishes, mainly pork, beef and yak, are lavishly spiced
with chilies.
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- The Bhutanese government has made it mandatory for all
Bhutanese to wear only their national dress in public.
- Tourism, while encouraged, is controlled and limited to
about 6,000 visitors a year.
- Except for the royal family and a few other noble families,
Bhutanese do not have surnames.
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