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Looking for a source we don't already have? Suggest one here.Business · TrongsaSlow business in Trongsa after completion of hydropower projects Lhakpa Quendren Trongsa—Business in Trongsa town has slowed to a crawl following the completion of two major hydropower projects—Mangdechhu and NikaChhu. The once-thriving businesses are now struggling to survive. Many are closing shops or downsizing operations. And those on the outskirts of Trongsa are particulrly in dire straits. The hydropower workforce, once the main customer…See the Story
Quiet streets, empty shops
Asia · TrongsaLhakpa Quendren Trongsa—Sixty-seven-year-old Nakari from Jangbi, Trongsa, is the last person in the Mon community to wear the ancestral pagay, a symbol of Monpa culture that faded in the 1960s in favour of the gho and kira. Nakari remembers wearing a secondhand gho for the first time at age 10, after his mother, a single parent, traded 10 dre (1.5 kg) of white amaranthus at Langthel. “Traders from Bumthang used to bring washed, stitched used cl…See the Story
Monpas struggle to revive their long-lost tradition
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