Glossary
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choeshum
|
altar or shrine room
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chorten
|
Buddhist monument made of stone
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chu
|
river
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dzong
|
fortress
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dzongda
|
district administrator
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dzongkha
|
national language of Bhutan
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dzongkhag
|
district
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gho
|
national dress for men
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gompa
|
monastery
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Je Khenpo
|
Chief Abbot
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kira
|
national dress for women
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kora
|
circumambulation
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la
|
mountain pass
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lama
|
priest
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lhakhang
|
temple
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penlop
|
regional governor
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rinpoche
|
reincarnate lama
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thangkha
|
religious painting
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thongdrol
|
huge thangkha unfurled on special occasions
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tsachu
|
hot springs
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tsechu
|
festival
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