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发帖数: 6973 | 1 Melanie Kirpatrick, Blissful Transmissions. Wall Street Journal, Feb 11,
2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB200014240
52748704858404576128744085354696.html
(book review on Lisa Napoli, Radio Shangri-La; What I learned in Bhutan, the
happiest kingdom on Earth. Crown, 2011)
Note:
(a) Bhutan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan
(Bhutan is separated from the nearby country of Nepal to the west by the
Indian state of Sikkim; section 1 Name)
(b) James Thom, National dress - Kira & Gho. Dec 29, 2006.
http://www.pbase.com/jamesthom/image/72842252
Clothing colors are not important.
(c) The review states, "The country enjoys diplomatic relations with only a
handful of nations, an honor that does not extend to the world's superpower,
which must conduct what little business it has with Bhutan through the U.S.
embassy in New Delhi.
From Wiki above:
"In 2007, Bhutan and India signed a new treaty that clarified that Bhutan
was master of its own foreign relations, superseding the treaty signed in
1949. The superseded treaty is still sometimes misinterpreted to mean that
India controls Bhutan's foreign affairs, but the government of Bhutan
handles all of its own foreign affairs, including the sensitive (to India)
border demarcation issue with China. Bhutan has diplomatic relations with 21
countries, and with the European Union, with missions in India, Bangladesh,
Thailand, and Kuwait. It has two UN missions, one in New York and one in
Geneva. Only India and Bangladesh have residential embassies in Bhutan,
while Thailand has a consulate office in Bhutan.
(d) La-La Land: Los Angeles
(e) The book review states, "Madame Jane's eye is caught by the paintings of
giant phalluses that adorn the sides of many of the houses they pass.
Go to images.google.com and enter phallus AND Bhutan, and you will see.
(f) rinpoche
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinpoche |
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