BHUTAN - Punakha
Talo Festival
Talo village is located at 30 minutes from Punakha. The three-day Talo Tshechu is well known for its mask dances and the atsara dances. An equally popular attraction, which has a deep religious and historical significance, is the Zhungdra (classical dance) by the Talo dance troupe.
BEST TIME to VISIT BHUTAN
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to TALO
From November to April
Talo Monastery
Talo Monastery
Talo Monastery
Talo Monastery - courtyard
Talo Monastery - entrance
Talo Monastery - prayer wheels and door
Talo Monastery - Festival
Talo Festival - Ladies dancing and singing
Talo Festival - Ladies dancing and singing
Talo festival - monks
Talo festival - women
Talo festival - father and baby
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Festival - These clowns are entertaining the public with these phallus. It's not considered in Bhutan as an inappropriate behavior as it is part of their ancestral culture
Talo Festival - These clowns are entertaining the public with these phallus. It's not considered in Bhutan as an inappropriate behavior as it is part of their ancestral culture
Talo Festival - These clowns are entertaining the public with these phallus. It's not considered in Bhutan as an inappropriate behavior as it is part of their ancestral culture
Talo Festival - These clowns are entertaining the public with these phallus. It's not considered in Bhutan as an inappropriate behavior as it is part of their ancestral culture
Talo Festival - These clowns are entertaining the public with these phallus. It's not considered in Bhutan as an inappropriate behavior as it is part of their ancestral culture
Talo Festival - These clowns are entertaining the public with these phallus. It's not considered in Bhutan as an inappropriate behavior as it is part of their ancestral culture
Talo Festival - These clowns are entertaining the public with these phallus. It's not considered in Bhutan as an inappropriate behavior as it is part of their ancestral culture
Talo Festival - These clowns are entertaining the public with these phallus. It's not considered in Bhutan as an inappropriate behavior as it is part of their ancestral culture
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks dance
Talo Tshechu - Talo festival - Masks deance
Talo Festival - These clowns are entertaining the public with these phallus. It's not considered in Bhutan as an inappropriate behavior as it is part of their ancestral culture
Talo 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.
Talo 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.
Talo 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.
Talo Monastery
Talo village - house and horses
Talo Monastery
Talo Festival - one of the clowns
Talo Festival - monk
Talo Festival - Festivals are family events
Talo Festival - young monk
Talo Festival - Parents and child
Talo Festival - Elegant men with the traditional bhutanese costume
Talo Monastery - Murals
Talo Monastery - Murals
Talo Monastery - Murals
Talo Monastery - Murals
Talo Monastery - Monk
Talo Monastery - entrance to the Temple
Talo Monastery - Stupa
Paro festival - Elegant man with traditional costume
Talo Festival - young boy
Talo monastery
Paro festival - Elegant man with traditional costume
Boys are also wearing the traditional bhutanese costume
Paro festival - Elegant man with traditional costume
Talo Monastery - entrance to the Temple
Paro festival - young girl and child
Paro festival - parents and baby
View of Talo village with the monastry on the left