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H.D.S. Greenway

Hopes for Bhutan

By H.D.S. Greenway
July 1, 2008

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SEEN-IT-ALL Washingtonians saw something new last week: a Bhutanese temple rising on the Mall amid fluttering prayer flags near the Washington Monument. The Bhutanese are in town for the Smithsonian's Folklife Festival. With a population of just 600,000, the Tantric Buddhist kingdom in the high Himalayas wants to introduce itself to America, with dancers wearing the masks of birds ... (Full article: 704 words)

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