BHUTAN - Punakha -
Gasa Festival
Gasa is a village in the highlands located at 3 hours from Punakha. The Gasa Tshechu is the biggest festival in the small district of Gasa. While many mask dances are performed, the local folk dances performed are very unique and distinct adding to the festive mood of the celebration.
The road is mostly unpaved but very scenic.
BEST TIME to VISIT PUNAKHA
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to BHUTAN
From November to April
Gasa Festival - baby and a young boy, probably its brother
Gasa Festival - women with a traditional costumes
Gasa Festival - woman with a traditional costume
Gasa Festival - family
Gasa Festival - monks
Gasa Festival - woman with a traditional costume
Gasa Festival - young monk
Gasa Festival - man with a traditional costume
Gasa Festival - women with a traditional costumes
Gasa Festival -young boy with a traditional costume
Gasa Festival - men with traditional costumes
Gasa Festival - women
Gasa Festival - child
Gasa Festival - woman with a traditional costume
Gasa Festival - dancer
Gasa Festival - dancer
Gasa Festival - clown and dancer
Gasa Festival - This lady is teased by this clown and it's not considered in Bhutan as an inappropriate behavior
Gasa Festival - Festivals are family events and the clowns are disturbing the artists, teasing the spectators and also they have very often phallus to play and joke. Phallus in Bhutan aren't considered as sexual or pornographic but part of their ancestral culture.
Gasa Festival - Even this policeman is teased by this clown
Gasa Festival - Festivals are family events and the clowns are disturbing the artists, teasing the spectators and also they have very often phallus to play and joke. Phallus in Bhutan aren't considered as sexual or pornographic but part of their ancestral culture.
Gasa Festival - Festivals are family events and the clowns are disturbing the artists, teasing the spectators and also they have very often phallus to play and joke. Phallus in Bhutan aren't considered as sexual or pornographic but part of their ancestral culture.
Gasa Festival - Festivals are family events and the clowns are disturbing the artists, teasing the spectators and also they have very often phallus to play and joke. Phallus in Bhutan aren't considered as sexual or pornographic but part of their ancestral culture.
Gasa Festival - Festivals are family events and the clowns are disturbing the artists, teasing the spectators and also they have very often phallus to play and joke. Phallus in Bhutan aren't considered as sexual or pornographic but part of their ancestral culture.
Gasa Festival - Festivals are family events and the clowns are disturbing the artists, teasing the spectators and also they have very often phallus to play and joke. Phallus in Bhutan aren't considered as sexual or pornographic but part of their ancestral culture.
Gasa Festival - Festivals are family events and the clowns are disturbing the artists, teasing the spectators and also they have very often phallus to play and joke. Phallus in Bhutan aren't considered as sexual or pornographic but part of their ancestral culture.
Snow-capped mountain
Snow-capped mountain
Snow-capped mountain
Snow-capped mountain
Snow-capped mountain and farms
Snow-capped mountain and a village
Snow-capped mountain
wild chicken - male and female
stupa (nepalese style)
stupa
house and horses on the road
Horses are moving freely on roads
Rice fields
building
bhutanese man with the traditional costume
monks cells
the monastery is overlooking the valley
snow-capped mountains and the roof of the monastery
landscape
main building
monks cells
snow-capped mountains
entrance of the monastery
scenic drive
blue flowers
landscape with mountains and rice fields
local transport
monks
landscape
Gasa Tshechu - Festivals are family events
old house
Gasa Tshechu - Monks and women
Gasa Tshechu - Festivals are family events
Gasa Tshechu - dancers
Gasa Tshechu - Festivals are family events
Gasa Tshechu - dancers
Gasa Tshechu - dancers
Gasa Tshechu - Festivals are family events
Gasa Tshechu - Festivals are family events - girls
Gasa Tshechu - clowns
Gasa Tshechu - dancers
Gasa Tshechu - dancers
Gasa Tshechu - dancers
Gasa Tshechu - dancers
Gasa Tshechu - dancers
Gasa Tshechu - dancers abd a clown
Gasa Tshechu - dancers
Gasa Tshechu - dancers
Gasa Tshechu - dancers
Gasa Tshechu - men
Gasa Tshechu - Festivals are family events
Gasa Tshechu - dancer and a clown
Gasa Tshechu - Festivals are family events - women