MELA ASSOCIATION OF BHUTAN

   On dated 7th January, 2017. The trip made to Pemagatshel, Gonpawoong village to witness the local annual Tshechu/festival. The lunch was awsome on Banana leaf plate, this plate was used in formal times around in 1950's, places like Pemagatshel, Samdrup Jongkhar and Zhemgang Dzongkhag. The village like Gonpawoong in Pemagatshel Dzongkhag even today they preserve there own culture and traditional as during question and answer section with community Tshogpa in Gonpawoong Village. The other community village like Gammung, Shali, Gomchu and Nangkor all the lacal Mask dance originated from Gonpawoong Village and later popular for those village as mentioned by teacher of Mask Dance in Gonpawoong Village.

  Festivals in Bhutan Festivals in Bhutan takes place at different times of year, regarding to place to place.   “Tshechu”   known to the localities of Bhutan for festival, comes in a form of religious activities, and the time when people gather, with their best attires. Festivals are celebrated on 10th Day of particular month, so the name “Tshechu” was derived, (“Tshe” means Date and “Chu” means 10). Tshechu festivals are celebrated for several days ranging from minimum of three days to five days, according to their location. One would be able to view and witness Bhutanese Focal Dances, religious dance, Mask Dances known as “Chaam”, and other religious dramas and epics of great known saint of Buddhism. These dances are performed by Monks, laymen and few dances by students of RAPA (Royal Academy of Performing Arts). Atsara are clowns, with their expressive masks and postures, are an indispensable element in any religious festival. They confront the monks, toss out salacio...

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  This is Bhutanese dart game which is recently played by the Bhutanese people. The board is made up of ply and it's sticker number 01-12 (12 house) game the same sticker number will be display on the table and spinning  board is short by dart, lucky winner will be awarded  nine times payment of your payment.      

Festivals are held in all districts of Bhutan in honour of Guru Rinpoche, the saint who introduced Tibetan Buddhism to Bhutan in the 8th century. People attend with colourful dress to witness the Mask Dances and great Mela play the dart game and followed by Jhandi Munda six-sided dice, Heart Spade/Panna Botay game. Presently Mela game are stop because of Covid-19 and now we are reformation to get an approval as same as before.  

  On dated 12th January, 2018. Shali is a village under Gammung chewog in Pemagatshel Dzongkhag which was situated in Shali. It's 10 km away from the main road of Pemagatshel and usually they celebrate their annual Tshechu/festival once in the year. 

  On dated 17th March, 2019: Naychen Gomphu Kora, Tashi Yangtse how difficulties to get the parking, more than 1000 people attended the annual Tshechu/festival including Dagpa/Nomadic from Tawang. Secnic was made sussecful by more shopper stores, dart game and hotels. This annual Tshechu will be last Tshechu from Eastern Dzongkhag.

  Rollpa, Bhutan’s first board game May 17, 2023 ROLLPA GAME Rollpa, Bhutan’s first board game is now out in the market. The game played with two to four players is based on the nine domains of Gross National Happiness or GNH making it an authentic Bhutanese game. The game dubbed as ‘A GNH Game” was developed by a Bhutanese entrepreneur. It is a recreational game, which acts as a medium to promote the conversation about GNH and the importance of wellbeing in life.  Players start the game by arranging the nine domains of GNH namely the living standards, education, health, environment, psychological well-being, community vitality, time-use, good governance and culture in front of them. They then take turns rolling a die and picking a card each. Each card gives an option for a player to earn merits. However, you cannot win if you get an indulgence or abstinence card, which are represented by monkey and elephant cards respectively. The game is won by earning merits for each nine d...

  Jhandi Munda is an Indian board game that's played with 6 six-sided dice. This game is said to have originated in the north-east part of India. It is a "game of luck" that is now gaining great popularity among players who wish to win real money. It is an exciting and thrilling game, which makes it very appealing to players who love the adrenaline rush. If you want to give this game a try but don't know where to start or how to win real money at Jhandi Munda. The bssic explanation of Jhandi Munda, the strategies, and tips & tricks needed in order to increase your chances of winning big. Jhandi Munda is not just a popular game in India, all though variations of the game are also played in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and United Kingdom. Jhandi Munda is known as “Crown and Anchor” in United Kingdom and as “Langur Burja” in Nepal.  The Jhandi Munda represent six symbols are Spade, Club, Diamond, Heart, Crown, and Flag. There are total of 6 dice in Jhandi Mun...