Hypocrisy combined with hilariousness
and humors have long been the traits of Bhutanese people. This dates back to
the days when People visited Tibet, either for trade or in search of Buddhist
scholars. They were referred to as Aku
Drukpa(s); - the entertainer and the buffoon. True to the references, Their traits came in
handy, unless it doesn’t cross the limit.
Here is one such story where one
of Aku Drupa (of those days) cooked
up a story from nowhere to draw the attention of his Tibetan equals. His story
involved a small Lhakhang in Bumthang Chumey, presently known more as the
chuk-che Zhey Lhakhang (Lhakhang that houses the Buddha with one thousand arms
and one thousand eyes)
In his first visit, He told his
Tibetan counter parts about the hugeness of the Lhakhang and that a man would
take a solid whole day going around it. The bigness of the temple fascinated
the folks and was awestruck but somehow felt convinced. They applauded and still
believed it was true (Yemba dra)
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| Photo courtesy: Tshering Dorji. |
He said, he was still skeptical
and unsure as to whether the wooden shingle from the roof of the same lhakhang,
that fell year ago, would have actually landed on the ground or not after a
year. That surely sounded rubbish and unrealistic! He got lashed and jeered and
sent home immediately.
The morale of the story; Too much
of anything is not good, not even the jokes of a Lhakhang.
(On 24th April
2011, I was on my way from Bumthang to Thimphu. I took a picture of the same
Lhakhang and thought I could share the same with my readers. But very
unfortunately, I lost my camera in Trongsa Town shortly. If any one have a Picture of that Lhakhang, please do tag me in my facebook)
hahhaa....nice one......:)
ReplyDeleteYou'll get back your camera when the "wooden shingle" lands on the ground! If not, then google it; or if you have its number, give it a call. And hope that it hasn't switched off its mobile phone.
ReplyDeleteThanks sonam for the comments and saying Ha ha aha . this shows how much you liked my post.
ReplyDeleteand Thanks Destiny for all your comments. I wish shingle to fall soon because I am dead without my camera. I not only lost camera, but I also lost so many good pictures along.
If you are dead, then is it your ghost that's publishing these comments and responding to them? I would worry a lot if there are no objects/articles. As long as there are objects/articles, there will be ways and means to take images of them. Yes, I agree you may have lost the camera which caught the wooden shingle falling at a snail's pace!
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