After bitingly cold and dry wintry months, Tsechu comes as an event, so fitting to celebrate the spirits of the past ancestors.Its time to seek their blessings one more time. Full of colour and live, I think its simply the best way to begin the new season! Therefore Its a time for locals to temporarily set themselves free from all sorts of hangovers and get their strengths and stamina ready for the year in hand.
But sadly today some people interpret Tsechus differently. Besides religious and cultural significance, for some, Tsechus have become like a fashion show. Many people see it as a right time to tacitly engage themselves in a competition (of wearing the most expensive outfits). They say they will be blessed more with expensive outfits and I am yet to learn the correlation.
Some people think Tsechu is best time for business. They fly and flock from all direction to sell articles that are conspicuous in nature. Commercial gains, it seems is their priority, not the blessing. Butchers come to sell their slaughtered animal corpses and people go frenzy fighting for a piece. In between we have some people who think that the tradition of Tsechu is surviving just because they are bringing in more tourist. This is an interesting assertion. But I need to do some regression to find out as to who is actually bringing in who
Some people think Tsechu is best time for business. They fly and flock from all direction to sell articles that are conspicuous in nature. Commercial gains, it seems is their priority, not the blessing. Butchers come to sell their slaughtered animal corpses and people go frenzy fighting for a piece. In between we have some people who think that the tradition of Tsechu is surviving just because they are bringing in more tourist. This is an interesting assertion. But I need to do some regression to find out as to who is actually bringing in who
Despite their intense war in terms of price cutting and hijacking better staffs, two airlines, I believe are doing great. They are bringing in more tourist then ever. No doubt. Its good for the economy and good for the company. But for an official who work all round the clock in the airport, I feel its tiring and woeful.
Getting up for duty at 4 am and going home after 5 pm is no fun. Sometime we reach office half awake. Our mouth stinks. Our stomach grumbles. But some people think working in airport is still fun. Flight timings these days are such that its not only depriving our family time but also our meal times. We have restaurants, that specializes in selling no food and tea shops that specializes in selling handicraft items. Interestingly we have coffee shops that sell the same kind of worst tea but charges different rates. What is more woeful is that those restaurants, coffee shops and tea shops remain closed all most all the time.
Getting up for duty at 4 am and going home after 5 pm is no fun. Sometime we reach office half awake. Our mouth stinks. Our stomach grumbles. But some people think working in airport is still fun. Flight timings these days are such that its not only depriving our family time but also our meal times. We have restaurants, that specializes in selling no food and tea shops that specializes in selling handicraft items. Interestingly we have coffee shops that sell the same kind of worst tea but charges different rates. What is more woeful is that those restaurants, coffee shops and tea shops remain closed all most all the time.
Since, there is not much attention being paid by the authorities, I am praying to Jawang Neyp for his blessings.
Happy Paro Tsechu to all.
Good morning, how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this, I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Bhutan? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Bhutan in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia, 39
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez