{"id":108,"date":"2025-03-26T11:38:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2025-06-11T18:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:08:13","slug":"about-people-places","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/index.php\/about-people-places\/","title":{"rendered":"About People &amp; Places"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Final-Header-1024x254.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Final-Header-1024x254.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Final-Header-300x74.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Final-Header-768x191.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Final-Header-1536x381.jpg 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in the places that best suited their life style and choices of livelihood. Most of the southern belts are settled by the Nepalese origin people \u2013 to the present day we call ourselves \u201cLhotshampas\u201d meaning \u201cpeople in the south\u201d. They are generally Buddhist and Hindus. Others settled in the interior parts of the kingdom are the Easterners and the Westerners. You will get the details from other sources as well \u2013 this is just to give you the outlook. Ngalops are the ones settled in the western parts of the country that includes Wangdue, Punakha, Paro, Thimphu and Haa. While the ones settled in the Eastern parts of the Kingdom are called \u201cSharchops\u201d meaning the \u201cpeople in the east\u201d. However, our visionary fourth Monarch commanded to mix the settlement of people from different origins so that we fulfill the one-ness value of Tha-damtsi-lay-gyudrey (equivalent to \u2018how you sow, so shall you reap\u2019!). ONE NATION ONE PEOPLE! We have people living in the high mountains herding cattle and sheep and yak. Their lifestyle and culture is a beautiful story to explore.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>To this modern day, we have a trend of rural-urban migration which was worrying. Our villages were getting empty and cultivable lands were being left fallow, yet our country\u2019s policies have been framed in such way that pull people back to their country-side houses and accepted the value and meaning of farming. Many of our people have started modern farming and cooperative farming, which earns their livelihood as well save revenue for their personal usage.<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"342\" data-id=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/unnamed-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/unnamed-edited.jpg 256w, https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/unnamed-edited-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">National Dance <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"132\" src=\"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tigers-nest-3810180_1280-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tigers-nest-3810180_1280-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tigers-nest-3810180_1280-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tigers-nest-3810180_1280-1-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tigers-nest-3810180_1280-1.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paro Tiger Nest <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"77\" src=\"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hotels-in-Phobjikha-valley.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hotels-in-Phobjikha-valley.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hotels-in-Phobjikha-valley-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hotels-in-Phobjikha-valley-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Phobjikha Resort<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Education has become the most desired priority to everyone. Every child in the kingdom attends school at the universal enrolment age of six. Education is an absolute boon to the citizen of our great nation. No child pays for food, books, hostel and other basic items. Our King\u2019s vision is to see that everyone in the country is literate \u2013 everyone must be able to read and write. Hence the ones who couldn\u2019t attend school in their childhood and wish to learn at later age have the privilege to attend evening schools \u2013 NFE (Non-formal education). Our education system has been consolidated and revamped; curriculums have been edited and re-written in the international standards to bring at par with the international standards learning. Our students are going to be capable in all fields and be able to work anywhere in the world.<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/details>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-108","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304,"href":"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions\/304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuzudreamz.bt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}