Ok, first of all only now did I notice that it isn't CNN but Conde Nast Travel. Great article though by a Adam Platt.
What made me do a double take (in slow motion) was the following excerpt:
[While on Druk Air, the stewardess handed out] Kuensel, which carried the story of a woman who’d been hung in a not too remote part of the country by villagers who suspected her of being a witch. (Maybe not everyone is happy.)
I would like to say that it is not possible for 2 main reasons:
1: Lynching in public does
not happen in Bhutan, not only uncommon but never takes place
2. Being a witch may not
necessarily be a totally bad thing. There are people (openly known people) who
can 'kill' through prayers, sort of witch-doctors, women suspected of being
witches but not in a bad way, in sort of gossips around villages, love
potions... you know. The Bhutan government took steps to ban such practices
especially during archery matches when a Tsip or witch doctor was also one of
the team, his main target the opponent archers ;). Lots of cases of people
dying through such cases, well, attributed to such cases.
That's what caught my eye,
oh and the fact that the Dell founder was hopping around Bhutan in his own
helicopter. Didn't know that was permitted, even entering Bhutan in their own
plane (once there was an Arab Sheikh (related to the Dell founder by money) who
wanted to do that but wasn't allowed was what I had heard).
Rest great article, well
observed.
Cheerio,
Keshav-http://www.bhutanrebirth.com/
write with comments to bhutanrebirth@gmail.com.
Nice review :)
ReplyDeleteGood you took the time to write this review. I just read an article about Zürich and I wondered if the writer even had been there. She didn't even get the facts straight. Greetings to one mountainous country to another ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Fida,
ReplyDeleteYes, possibly a lot venture out for some table tours, visit some places through another's eyes, which is not bad in itself but not good enough to write a first person review ;)
Never been lucky enough to visit your country but I believe Switzerland and Bhutan are similar not only with regard to mountains but possibly in area as well...
Greetings to you too.. :)