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Folklife Fest zooms in on Bhutan (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:03:34 GMT
The 42nd annual Folklife Festival is scheduled June 25-29 and July 2-6 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. This year's festival celebrates the culture of the Kingdom of Bhutan, the 50th anniversary of NASA and the music, food and wine of the state of Texas.

Bhutan woos high-end tourists (McClatchy Washington Bureau)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:32:43 GMT
WASHINGTON — Bhutan is looking for a few good tourists — and put the emphasis on "a few," please.

Today at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival (Washington Post)
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:16:24 GMT
Bhutan Kitchen 11 a.m . Dragon Drinks: Tea and Alcohol

Remote Himalayan country Bhutan woos high-end tourists (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:41:02 GMT
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Trash-Talking Archery On The Mall (NPR)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:46:57 GMT
Every year around the Fourth of July, the Smithsonian Institution hosts the Folk Life Festival in Washington. The festival is an opportunity to learn about the nuances of different traditions, like the banter that goes along with archery in the nation of Bhutan.

Log off! Bhutan MPs banned from playing computer games at work (BBC News)
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:44:29 GMT
Parliament in Bhutan bans its members from bringing laptops to work - to stop them playing computer games.

Laptops banned in Bhutan assembly over gaming fears (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:21:05 GMT
The national assembly in newly democratic Bhutan has stopped lawmakers from bringing laptop computers into the house for fear they might spend their time playing computer games.

In Depth (OneWorld)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:50:28 GMT
OneWorld has not yet published a guide for this place. If you'd like to help create one, contact the OneWorld guides editor at In the first ever parliamentary poll in Bhutan, the people have made clear their preference for a government that will preserve the peace and development enjoyed under a century of royal rule.

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