Dorji Gyeltshen
The Centre for Bhutan Studies
This paper will give a general overview of the role of flowers in the Bhutanese religion and culture, and then give a detailed account of a rural festival that is dedicated to one particular type of flower.
(Presented in the 2014 Chulalongkorn Asian Heritage Forum: Flower Culture in Asia, 8-9 July 2014, Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, organized by Institute of Thai Studies, Institute of Asian Studies, and Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University)