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5 June 2012: His Majesty the King rode a bicycle along the Thimphu Norzin Lam to mark the first ever "Pedestrian Day" (every Tuesday hence forth). Only buses, taxis, armed force vehicles, emergency or service vehicles, and bicycles are allowed from 8 AM to 6 PM in the core Thimphu city area.
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Post Last Edit by mnaa at 11-6-2012 22:55
King of Bhutan marries his commoner bride
PUNAKHA, Bhutan (AP) — The beloved king of the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan married his commoner bride Thursday in an ancient Buddhist ceremony at the country's most sacred monastery fortress.
King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, wearing the raven crown, came down from his golden throne in front of a huge statue of Buddha to place a smaller, silk brocade crown upon the head of his bride, Jetsun Pema. Monks chanted in celebration as she took her seat beside him as the new queen of the country.
The wedding has captivated the nation, which had grown impatient with their 31-year-old bachelor king's lack of urgency to find a bride and start a family of his own since his father retired and handed power to him five years ago.
Children composed poems, flight attendants practiced celebratory dances and posters of the couple were nearly ubiquitous.
The celebrations began at 8:20 a.m. — a time set by royal astrologers — when the king, wearing the royal yellow sash, walked into the courtyard of the 17th century monastery in the old capital of Punakha and proceeded up the high staircase inside. A few minutes later, his 21-year-old bride arrived at the end of a procession of red-robed monks and flag bearers across a wooden footbridge over the wide, blue river beside the fort and followed him inside.
Singers chanted songs of celebration amid the clanging of drums and the drone of long dhung trumpets. She wore a traditional wraparound skirt with a gold jacket with deep red cuffs.
Inside, the nation's top cleric, who presided over the wedding, performed a purification ceremony for the couple in front of a massive 100-foot Thongdal tapestry of Bhutan's 17th century founder, the monk-king Zhabdrung.
The pair then proceeded to the temple for a ceremony broadcast live on national television, save for a few minutes when the king, his father and the cleric, known as the Je Khenpo, entered the sacred tomb of Zhabdrung, where only they are allowed.
The king's father then gave the bride an array of five colored scarves representing blessings from the tomb. Hesitantly, she then approached the king's throne with a golden chalice filled with the ambrosia of eternal life. They held it together for several seconds and then he drank.
The king, wearing his red Raven Crown, with an image of the protector bird rising from the top, came down from the throne and placed a smaller crown on her head. After she took her place as queen, the newly married couple was feted by monks playing deep tones on traditional trumpets and pounding drums.
The Je Khenpo presented them a series of gifts — a mirror, curd, grass, a conch — representing blessings for longevity, wisdom, purity and other well wishes.
Unlike this year's other royal wedding — that of Britain's William and Kate — there were no foreign princes, no visiting heads of state, no global celebrities. Just the royal family, thousands of nearby villagers gathered at a nearby field waiting for the royal couple to celebrate with them and the rest of the country's 700,000 people watching live on TV.
"The whole theme of the wedding was to keep it a simple family affair, that is the Bhutanese family," said Kinley Dorji, Bhutan's secretary of information. |
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patotla bole kawen,pompuan tu cantek |
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kenapa anak dia nampak comot je? |
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Apa yg menghairankan, king Malaysia pun kawen commoner juga |
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Aduh... Cantekkkkknyee......... |
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kenapa anak dia nampak comot je?
MinyakAngin Post at 11-6-2012 20:07 
belum ada anak lagi, yg tu dia dukung anak rakyat dia |
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thread ni dah ade.. leh refer kt sini
nurulshidah Post at 11-6-2012 22:42
tak boleh bukak pun |
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Reply 130# rosewhite
depa dah merge kn... |
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wife dia comel.mmg sweet couple la.. |
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Reply 129# rosewhite
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queen cantik tapi sayang la dia jalan kengkang.. cuba tgk dr gambar awal2 |
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ari tuh aku ade men volley ball dgn org2 bhutan nih
diaorg so soft spoken,
katanya citizen dia hanya 60k org shj
they are only small country
but mmg aman |
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Reply 126# babygina
compared to this queen, Malaysian queens mcm tak mesra rakyat. Malah raja pun mcm tu. Apakah kerana terlalu protokol menjadikan kemesraan terlihat terlalu official. Mereka approach rakyat dgn gaya ke rajaannya shng hilang kehumbleannya.
So far raja yg mesra rakyat ialah sultan Johor, Kelantan n Terengganu. Sultan2 lain jarang dengar beramah mesra dgn rakyat jelata. |
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Reply babygina
compared to this queen, Malaysian queens mcm tak mesra rakyat. Malah raja pun mc ...
nolya Post at 16-6-2012 00:22
Mungkin terikut-ikut ratu Britain yg kalau bejabat tgn dgn rakyat pakai gloves  |
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cantikla wife diaaa 
tapi bila dia tak senyum..nampak cam muka pasrah aje
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Reply 25# nazadiyah
yup, kasut dia style kan? heheh.. |
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Reply 138# BuBuComey
eh u pon suke nasi ke..jom la jadi queen i...  |
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Post time 7-6-2012 04:55 PM
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