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Young men talking outside the T.Y. Tongsa Hotel in Bumthang. Two are in traditional dress, the gho, and one is not. The Hotel is built from wood with bamboo matting and is decorated in traditional style with Buddhist symbols. Above the open door is the wheel and deer emblem representing the Buddha's first discourse in the deer park.Above the closed door is the mythical Garuda. The door frames are decorated with swastikas which also appear on the hotel sign, both left and right handed. Between the doors and windows are wheels of joy and there are jewels on the window frames. Chamkhar, Bumthang, Bhutan. Druk Yul. 16 November 2007.

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Michael Grant
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Young men talking outside the T.Y. Tongsa Hotel in Bumthang. Two are in traditional dress, the gho, and one is not. The Hotel is built from wood with bamboo matting and is decorated in traditional style with Buddhist symbols. Above the open door is the wheel and deer emblem representing the Buddha's first discourse in the deer park.Above the closed door is the mythical Garuda. The door frames are decorated with swastikas which also appear on the hotel sign, both left and right handed. Between the doors and windows are wheels of joy and there are jewels on the window frames. Chamkhar, Bumthang, Bhutan. Druk Yul. 16 November 2007.