Humans of Thimphu Newsletter | Lunana Edition 🏔️

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This is one of the newsletters designed for Humans of Thimphu. It is a special edition where the stories are from one of the remotest location of the world, Lunana. Take a look into the daily struggles and simple happiness of the people of Lunana. Take a step into the pristine mountains and breathe the chilly air of Lunana through the featured humans for this edition.

About Lunana

Lunana is one of the four gewogs of Gasa Dzongkhag, located in the northern part of the Kingdom of Bhutan. The term ‘Lunana’ means “Lung nang sa” translating to the ‘The Dark Valley’ which was prophesied by a Great Drupthop in the ancient days. It lies in the extreme northwest of the country with a total area of 1716.26 Sq KM and is located at an altitude of 3400m above sea level under the Giant vision of Gangchen Singye which rises to an elevation of 7100 metres.

Acknowledgement

We are overwhelmed with the humbleness and gratefulness to acknowledge our depth to all the contributors who helped us with Images, Stories and Resources which eventually contributed to the Lunana Edition of newsletter. We would like to thank Mr. Dorji Namgay for tirelessly helping us with the resources and amazing images despite his busy schooling schedule and other works. We would also like to thank Miss Dema of Lunana BHU for connecting us with the students of Lunana Primary School, Gasa.

We would also like to thank Mr. Pawo Choyning Dorji, Director of the movie; Lunana; A Yak in the classroom for the images that you see in this newsletter. The translation of Namgay Lham’s story “Education is more important than Cordyceps” from Dzongkha to English is credited to Mr. Leki Dorji, Asst. Lecturer at Sherubtse College, RUB.

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