Local leaders and a monk in procession leading atsara clown known as Chath Dorji during Shingkhar rabney festival.

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Local leaders and a monk in procession leading atsara clown known as Chath Dorji during Shingkhar rabney festival.

Yeshi Wangchuk
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Local leaders and a monk in procession leading atsara clown known as Chath Dorji during Shingkhar rabney festival.

Yeshi Wangchuk
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6016 x 4000 px

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Local leaders and a monk in procession leading atsara clown known as Chath Dorji during Shingkhar rabney festival.

First day of Shingkar rabney festival starts with receiving Atsara clown known as Chath Dorji and the procession is lead by local female dancers. Shingkhar Dechenling temple was first founded by Longchen Rabjam in around 1350 and it is one of the Eight Ling monasteries founded by him in Bhutan. Shingkhar rabney could be probably a festival to commemorate the establishment of temple. The rabney

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Photographer: Yeshi Wangchuk (01/23/2014)
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