Obama voter celebrates unpretentiousness...in Bhutan

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

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.

[franksolich]

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.

[Aristotelian]

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).

[DumbAss Tanker]

Their utter lack of self-awareness, or even a sense of irony, is indeed remarkable.