Archery : The National Game of Bhutan

Archery is the National Game of Bhutan Played Throughout the year. It is played in open area where the range would be around 120 Meters - 150 meters from each Target to other depending on the kind of tournament and match.There are two kind of instrument used by the archer, the traditional instrument which is made of Bamboo and other the Imported Compound Bow from Abroad. Archery is the most popular game among the Bhutanese people. Older people who preferred to use the Traditional Made Bow and Arrows, whilst the modern age people use the Compound Bow and Arrow. The Archery Game is Played between two teams and the point is scored from the maximum on the target, each player get two arrows to shoot from one range and the opposition players takes the next shot in alternative system.

With every hit on the target, teammates celebrates by dancing on both the ranges. The points are calculate on the merge of highest hits (Karey) by the teams.

Archery in Bhutan is played everywhere, be it in the town area or the village. With the coming of modern age, most people in urban preferred to have Compound Bow and Arrows which cost around $ 800-1500 per set. In Rural Area and Villages Archery is played amongst the local Villages group where each village to have a certain limits of players, the game is played against villages and the champion is decided on the basic of numbers of round or sets.In olden days and still in some part of the villages, archery rules the villages supremacy over other villages where they compete against the best archer in the villages.

The Archery Games attract huge numbers of crowd during the Losar or New years eve where people gather and watch their villages archer edge past over the other villages archer, the archer range or the target would be decorated and the host villages have their own cheers leader girls disturbing the enemy villages while taking aim or the shots. The competition last for around three days and the winner is decide at the end with maximum number of rounds win or sets. With Delicious food and wine served for the archer through out the match in progress, the treat would be an awesome for everyone to be part of the game.

Archery Match and Tournament are held in Urban ares like Thimphu, Paro , Wangdue and other places. The Most popular Archery Tournament in Bhutan is the Yangphel Open which is open to all and there are certain rules while choosing a players as the organizer permit only one or two seeded/top player in each team. All the Archer tires it best to perform in The Yangphel Open which is prestigious tournament and the prizes are attractive from Television Sets to MP3 players for the Best Archer. The Tournament is played using compound bow, Thousand of people come to watch the tournament as it is played in the National Archery Ground in Changlimithang.


Bhutan Archer Participates in the Olympic games as well with top archer being Tshering Choden, Bhutan also participates in the Asian Games, SAF Games and other International Tournament.

Shopping Complex in Thimphu!!

I did Mention in my last post that i would be posting about the shopping complex picture and so on, well i just got few Good Shopping Mall in Thimphu where you get everything you need for you to be a James Bond or Cleopatra, most of the Shopping Malls are located in the Central Heart of the Thimphu Town above Traffic. The Shopping Malls or Center occupy just two or three story of the Building and doesn't have any lift to take you up and down.

Basically shops are of various kind, with handicraft, Bhutanese Cloths shops, Foreign Shops, Wholesale shops around and to occupy the mini windows we have pan shops and etc. The Shoppings goods usually are export quality from Nepal, Thailand and Dhaka which are the popular amongst the Bhutanese Shop Keepers. Off all the shopping malls and center, Bangkok Products are everywhere to be seen, be it cloths, furniture, sofas seat, and electronic items.

You got the Various option of buying stuffs as you can go on looking every shops and see the best price and the best brands. Let me not take you to the depth of the shopping malls or center but with the popularity of Bhutanese Handicraft amongst the tourist, you can see a lot of Handicraft shops all over the Thimphu Town and few place you get to see the Beautiful Bhutanese Stamp and postcard shops. To Name the few Popular Shopping Complex in Thimphu : Druk Shopping Center, Norling Complex, Plums Shopping Center, Zangdopelri Complex, Changlam Plaza, Central Mall, Yarkay Central and lots' more.

The Yarkay Central Located Nearby Thimphu Main Traffic

Footwear on Display in Foreign Shops!! Imported from Nepal, china and Thailand

Handicraft Shops with beautiful and unique Bhutanese Items for a Perfect Gift!

The Popular and most Probably the First Shopping Complex in Thimphu

Thimphu Town and Traffic Video

Hi Everyone,
I just thought would post video of Thimphu City which is the capital of Bhutan. In this video you will see the main area of Thimphu Town, the Traffic and shopping complex area. Thimphu is the only capital city in the world where there is no Automatic Traffic Controller for the Movemnet of Vehicle and Police Direct the Traffic.
The police direct the Traffic of the town from 8 Am in the Morning to 6 pm in the Evening. Thimphu Town is just about 1 - 2 km straight road which starts from the Petroleum Pump in the Lungthenzampa to Chubuchu, shops can be found on both the street of the road in few areas like the Main Traffic and Shopping Complex Zone. The Main street of the Thimphu town Can be covered up in just 5-10 minutes of drive, but as you go down town the traffic you will find lot of shops the Thimphu Clock Tower, you go left from the Traffic and you will find the hong kong Market and Zangtopelri Shopping complex which are pretty much a crowd area.

Don't Worry Guys, picture will soon come along as i go describing the Thimphu Town and the Chaanglimithang Ground development into a Stadium. Stay Tuned.