
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