Festival plays a very important role in Bhutanes society; it is mainly celebrated towards end …show more content…
Bhutan has very rich musical tradition; without having music no festival can be done. It is also through music that people learn and experience with a whole mind, heart and body what it is to be Bhutanese. Through music Bhutanese experience very strong spiritual and cultural values. Preservation of such traditional values is one of the four essential pillars of Bhutan’s philosophy GNH (Gross National Happiness). To have peace and tranquility in the country is directly related to keeping cultural and traditions vital. Today, the youths are more influenced by western and Indian music. (Cline.2011). Due to MTV, YouTube, MP3 and downloading the music easily form sound cloud and internet has lost the true essence of Bhutanese music and only few elderly cares for traditional form of …show more content…
Culture and tradition are the main Character of Bhutanese identity (Chophel,2010). The modern technology and facilities has bought many changes in our traditions too. For example: Cooking food, in olden days we don’t have electrical gadgets like rice cooker, curry cooker, and utensils. People cook food on oven using firewood and use earthen pot to prepare rice and curry. Now this trend has already disappeared because of available of modern facilities. Today’s youth also prefer to adopt modern ways and mean of livelihood. They are reluctant to pursue traditional and cultural ways and means of