A Typical Village Life in Bhutan

Peace the night is, no honking, no howling and no roaring noises that are usually a nuisance in urban areas. After a daylong hard work, all members of a family get together for a diner. They share all their day’s experiences with the family members and also discuss the plan for the next day. After having a diner, they sit near by fire and talk of many things. Sometimes the parents tell them stories and at the same time teach a lesson to their children in life. Then they go to beds and relax with peace in mind and heart.

People in the village are timed by the crowing of roosters. Before dawn some elder people of the family get up and finish-up all household chores before sun rise. The lights of the day light flickers through the cracks of wooden windows. As the sun rays reach the nearby hill top, mom comes to wake-up all the children who are in a peaceful sleep. She wide opens all windows to make sure the children know that it is a time for them to go for a day’s work. Mom will have readied the breakfast. They all sit down for the breakfast and share responsibilities for the entire day. Daughter will help her mom do the household chores while son will help his father do the external works like fetching of fire woods, fencing, field works, cattle herding and many other physical works. For small children, it’s a time for them to learn from their elders to help parents and most of the time they go out to mingle with other friends of their age and play around.

People in urban places are timed by an alarm clock which is often not respected even by the one who has set it the other day. All get up late and get late to works and schools without breakfast. No breakfasting or lunching or dining together. All take one after another if they wish to take. Many people if it is a government holiday will have no work at all. Some watch TV, some go to play, many sleeps and some chit chat with neighbours. Never gets home on time. Everybody goes out and comes home so late. People in urban areas go to bed with so many tensions: office works, financial constraints, peer pressures and many other obsessive disturbances. A typical village life and an urban life are totally different and I prefer a village kind of life. I refer peace in mind, heart and body.   

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