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Stories Set in Bhutan
High in the eastern Himalayas, Bhutan is a small mountain kingdom of steep valleys, pine forest and fortress-monasteries. Long isolation under hereditary kings preserved Buddhist law and dress codes, which is why stories here turn on duty, schooling and village ritual. Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom and Travellers and Magicians sit on its shelf. Open Bhutan on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Bhutan on the StoryTerra map7 famous stories set in Bhutan
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Browse 2 books and 5 movies set in Bhutan.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team…
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
A teacher in search of inspiration travels to the most remote school in the world where he ends up realizing how important his job is and appreciating the value of yak dung.
Words of My Perfect Teacher
Three students seek the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhist master soccer aficionado and filmmaker Khyentse Norbu in this captivating documentary which takes viewers on a journey from the World Cup in Germany to the isolated…
Travellers and Magicians
A young government official named Dondup who is smitten with America (he even has a denim gho) dreams of escaping there while stuck in a beautiful but isolated village. He hopes to connect in the U.S. with a visa out of…
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan
At age 24 Jamie Zeppa, a Canadian who had never been outside of North America, said goodbye to her fiancé and her plans for graduate school and moved to Bhutan, a remote Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas. Beyond the Sky…
The Tiger's Nest
In the valleys of the Himalayas an orphan boy saves a Bengal tiger cub from the ruthless poachers who killed the tiger's mother. Together they set out in the Himalayan mountains to the Taktsang monastery in Bhutan known…
The Gurkha's Daughter: Stories
A disfigured servant girl plans to flee Nepal; a Kalimpong shopkeeper faces an impossible dilemma; a Hindu religious festival in Darjeeling brings with it a sacrifice; a Nepali-Bhutanese refugee pins her hopes on the…
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