{"id":423,"date":"2013-10-14T13:05:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T12:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rhworldimagery.wordpress.com\/?p=423"},"modified":"2015-04-02T15:48:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T15:48:38","slug":"thimphu-tsechu-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/14\/thimphu-tsechu-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Thimphu Tsechu Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A photographic tour<\/h2>\n<p>Thimphu Tsechu is one of the spectacular Buddhist temple festivals held every year around October in the remote mountainous country of Bhutan, nestled between India and China.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22752&amp;gallery=Thimphu%20Tsechu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Buddhist festival (Tsechu), Trashi Chhoe Dzong, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/772-142.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a>Angelo Cavalli\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p>The highlights of the tsechu are the sacred dances in which masked performers play out moral stories and \u00a0scenes centring around the teachings of the 9th Century saint and teacher, Padmasambhava.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22752&amp;gallery=Thimphu%20Tsechu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dancer at the Tsechu festival, Thimphu, Bhutan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/817-369349.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a>age fotostock\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22752&amp;gallery=Thimphu%20Tsechu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thimphu tsechu (festival), Bhutan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/817-224122.jpg\" width=\"436\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>age fotostock\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p>Tsechu means \u2018the tenth day\u2019, the day on which the Guru Padmasambhava was believed to have been born.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22752&amp;gallery=Thimphu%20Tsechu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Buddhist festival (Tsechu), Trashi Chhoe Dzong, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/772-229.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a>Angelo Cavalli\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p>Large crowds turn up, dressed in colourful clothing, to watch the dances being performed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22752&amp;gallery=Thimphu%20Tsechu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-425\" alt=\"Monks watching religious dances, Buddhist festival (Tsechu), Trashi Chhoe Dzong, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/772-204.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/772-204.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/772-204-366x245.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>Angelo Cavalli\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p>Young Buddhist monks sit on the steps of the temple watching the dances. The majority of the population practice Vajrayana Buddhism, a complex system of thought that originated in India.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22752&amp;gallery=Thimphu%20Tsechu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Buddhist monks watching festival (Tsechu), Trashi Chhoe Dzong, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/772-365.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a>Angelo Cavalli\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22752&amp;gallery=Thimphu%20Tsechu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-427\" alt=\"Buddhist festival (Tsechu), Trashi Chhoe Dzong, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/772-230.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/772-230.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/772-230-366x245.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>Angelo Cavalli\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p>Jester characters, similar to the ones that would perform in medieval European courts, create a lively, humorous atmosphere by playing jokes among the audience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22752&amp;gallery=Thimphu%20Tsechu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-429\" alt=\"Jesters at the traditional Thimphu Tsechu Festival, Bhutan, Tashichho Dzong, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/780-24010.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/780-24010.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/780-24010-366x245.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>National Geographic\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22752&amp;gallery=Thimphu%20Tsechu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-430\" alt=\"A masked jester with phallus mingles with the crowd, playing the fool, Thimphu Tsechu Festival, Tashichho Dzong, Bhutan, Asia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/780-24011.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/780-24011.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/780-24011-366x245.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>National Geographic\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p>Some wear a phallic symbol, thought to counter evil spirits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22752&amp;gallery=Thimphu%20Tsechu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-432\" alt=\"Pilgrims on queue to enter the religious tsechu festival, Thimphu, Bhutan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/817-369344.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/817-369344.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/817-369344-368x245.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>age fotostock\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p>A boy hides between two colourful dresses in the crowd.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22752&amp;gallery=Thimphu%20Tsechu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-433\" alt=\"Child appearing from two women at the Thimphu festival tsechu, Bhutan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/817-369347.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/817-369347.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/817-369347-368x245.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>age fotostock\/Robert Harding<\/p>\n<p>To see more photos from Thimphu Tsechu, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=22752&amp;gallery=Thimphu%20Tsechu\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photographic tour Thimphu Tsechu is one of the spectacular Buddhist temple festivals held every year around October in the remote mountainous country of Bhutan, 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