Monks performing traditional masked dance at the Wangdue Phodrang Tsechu, Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang (Wangdi), Bhutan, Asia

Monk performing traditional masked dance at the Wangdue Phodrang Tsechu, Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang (Wangdi), Bhutan, Asia

Village of Chendebji set among forested hills between the towns of Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa, Bhutan, Himalayas, Asia

Monks performing traditional masked dance at the Wangdue Phodrang Tsechu, Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang (Wangdi), Bhutan, Asia

Monk dressed as a clown and wearing carved wooden mask collecting money from spectators at the Wangdue Phodrang Tsechu, Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang (Wangdi), Bhutan, Asia

Chendebji Chorten between Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa, Bhutan, Asia

Chendebji Chorten between Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa, Bhutan, Asia

Prayer flags below Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, founded by the Zhabdrung in 1638, Bhutan, Asia

Prayer flags below Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, founded by the Zhabdrung in 1638, Bhutan, Asia

View through farmland clinging to the Himalayan foothills towards China from Wangdue Phodrang district, Western Bhutan, Himalayas, Asia

Young shop owner, village of Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan, Asia

Ridge top Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, founded by the Zhabdrung in 1638, Bhutan, Asia

Young Buddhist monk at the Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang (Wangdi), Bhutan, Asia

Two girls and dog on a bridge below Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, founded by the Zhabdrung in 1638, Bhutan, Asia

Wangdue Phodrang, Punakha, Bhutan, Asia

The village of Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan, Asia

Young shop owner, village of Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan, Asia

Monks performing traditional Black Hat dance at the Wangdue Phodrang Tsechu, Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang (Wangdi), Bhutan, Asia

Young Buddhist monks chatting, Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang (Wangdi), Bhutan, Asia

Wooden ornaments in the fortress castle of Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan, Asia