Hon’ble Chairperson graces the Annual Nomad’s Festival

March 08, 2011: The Hon’ble Chairperson graced the three-day 2nd annual Nomads’ Festival at Nasiphel under Choekhor Gewog in Bumthang. The festival which gave a platform for the nomads of the eight northern dzongkhags to showcase their culture, food and products, among others was organized by the Wangchuck Centennial Park, Ministry of Agriculture. In his address, the Hon’ble Chairperson said that the initiative taken by the Ministry of Agriculture to organize such festival was one of the prominent steps taken to enhance Gross National Happiness through preservation and promotion of culture. The festival would enable the nomads of the eight Dzongkhags to get together and exchange their culture, tradition and products to improve their lifestyle. The Hon’ble Chairperson also advised the indigenous group of people not to depend exclusively on the cordycept harvest but explore themselves to produce other products. He said the festival was the forum for innovating new ideas and learn to produce evergreen goods. He also said that while it was important for them to uphold the age-old tradition and culture, they must not ignore the laws passed by the Parliament. He said he would feel embarrassed to know somebody guilty of the repercussion of law ignored.