Jakar Tshechu
The castle of the white bird holds Bumthang's great autumn gathering.
Four days of cham at Jakar Dzong as the buckwheat harvest comes in — Bumthang at its fullest.
Jakar Dzong — the castle of the white bird — stands over the Choekhor valley, and its tshechu lands in the sweetest week of the Bumthang year, when the harvest is in, the skies are washed clear and the whole district has reason to gather.
October in Bumthang belongs to festival season more than anywhere in Bhutan: Jakar leads into Jambay Lhakhang Drup within the same week, and a journey planned around both sees the valley’s sacred autumn complete.
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