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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on October 13, 2011, 07:28:20 PM
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-13-11 11:50 PM
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Bhutan king marries commoner
Edited on Thu Oct-13-11 11:50 PM by ellisonz
Bhutan king marries commoner
The wedding of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 31, and Jetsun Pema, 21, the daughter of a pilot, is notable for its lack of celebrities, foreign royals or a long wedding gown train.
Newlyweds King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema greet their subjects after their nuptials in Punakha, Bhutan. (Kevin Frayer, Associated Press / October 13, 2011)
By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times
October 13, 2011, 3:50 p.m.
Reporting from New Delhi—
When the big day came, and it came Thursday, the other royal wedding of the year — this one in far-off, remote Bhutan — adopted a distinctly different tone.
In sharp contrast to the nuptials of Britain's Prince William and Catherine Middleton, there were no star-studded celebrities, self-important film stars, fidgeting foreign royals or a long wedding dress train to trip over.
The theme in Bhutan was "of the people," which is a lot easier when your country has a population of 700,000, almost all of whom were in overdrive as the popular fifth "Dragon King" married a 21-year-old student, the daughter of an airline pilot.
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In keeping with centuries-old tradition, the rites were performed in a sacred monastery fortress in Punakha and included purification rituals, blessings, prayers and prostrations.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-bhu...
What a stark contrast to so much of the world...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2112855
That idiot you voted for--and will vote for again--can't even get ice cream for under a million cool...and he eats a LOT of ice cream.
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Oh my.
I think that's an unintentional subconscious comparison between the modesty of George Bush and the pageantry that surrounds his successor, the Magic One.
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Funny to see the DUmmies being positive about a King...destruction of the traditional systems of governance (almost all of which are monarchical) has been the single biggest aim of the international left since their pin-up boy Robbespierre (at least).
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Their utter lack of self-awareness, or even a sense of irony, is indeed remarkable.