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Road to Laya - Bhutan
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Back stage, monks practice dancing. The Tshechu of the Gasa monastery on the road leading to Laya. Tshechu are annual religious Bhutanese festivals held in each district on the tenth day of a month of the lunar Tibetan calendar. Tshechus are large social gatherings, which perform the function of social bonding among people of remote and spread-out villages.

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Back stage, monks practice dancing. The Tshechu of the Gasa monastery on the road leading to Laya. Tshechu are annual religious Bhutanese festivals held in each district on the tenth day of a month of the lunar Tibetan calendar. Tshechus are large social gatherings, which perform the function of social bonding among people of remote and spread-out villages.