At it over. This is what happy people look like at least this is what people look like who consider themselves happy to turn has committed itself to happiness this country doesnt just care about the Gross National product it cares about its Gross National happiness too but what do people hand mean by happiness and are they really happier than other people and if so whats their secret. But. One thing that helps with happiness is the breathtakingly beautiful landscape bhutan is situated in the eastern himalayas its the size of switzerland and. It has hardly more inhabitants than the german city of braman about seven hundred thousand and theyre proud that bhutan has maintained its independence in the face of huge neighbors such as china to the north and india to the south. Bhutan was cut off from the rest of the world for a long time so that it was able to develop its own traditions traditions powerfully shaped by buddhism. A buddhist festival is being celebrated here in bhutan district on a plateau in central bhutan the ritual with the fabric is said to bring good luck. We are rolling down the. Powder which is. Considered to be only a second. We are going to roll it into small pieces his younger brother helps him hes a student and well read his happiness philosophy is greatly influenced by buddhist thinking my ultimate goal would be. Liberation from this im sorry but. I think thats the record of everything with this people in this country and in this all of this soil also promises magic powers its said to have been blessed by the guru who brought buddhism to bhutan more than a thousand years ago and the one who did it by take the soil home and scatter it on my field it guarantees me a good harvest it keeps evil spirits and harmful animals are going well in bhutan the people are serious about their buddhist religion but theyre not hard linus they know that to other customs as well superstition is widespread among the rural population in particular as is the belief in evil spirits. This sign says that those born in the year of the monkey which occurs every twelve years operative affected this year you can buy these amulets to ward off evil spirits lodge a number of gentlemen will those going in the year of the monkey are at risk of the disease pain and maybe even death but if they wear such an amulet they stand a good chance of getting through it just fine along with the women the jam out not. The focus of the religious festival that scored cesure and bhutan is on musical performance singing and dancing for three days all based on a sophisticated car ya coffee. World the the im in london the dance is a form of threat and even those who just watch less. The knowledge on germany with the. Dancers slipped into the role of goal of fighting the heavenly battle between god and deal with this new much of it is evil all of the dances are monks one of them is a load a gun show his parents pushed him into the monastery when he was a child a life of devotion and rehearsals the festival such as this one the must play a special role that is scale loftiness yannick whatever when the gods have defeated the demon which they celebrate inhabit and we do the same here thats where im bodying the victory over evolution with and we celebrate the new human body it all wadded up. Between their performances audience members are allowed to get involved and join in the dance against evil its all very peaceful well almost. And gary travelers from germany here till theyve come especially to explore the sick. Creative happiness that to one between fascination and amazement. Must be even a boy to see what were seeing today this harmony and these magnificent colors an expression of an inner attitude which fascinates me bhutan is a dream country and i view that its been five years im fascinated by the landscape by the people and by their peacefulness except when i see that little boy burning around with a gun and that really perplexing because at a celebration like this one i dont know how that goes together as a justice so often you know people are moving to urban areas here too many farms are already empty and theyre hoping to find happiness in the jungle in. This couple has remained in the countryside family concern and his wife and weekend have put on their best clothes they only get dressed up like this once a year for the festival theyve been looking forward to the ceremony for months and to its normal term spiritual effect. Being part of this earns you a lot of blessings for your next life being here for a day means you suffer less in your next life. The people of bhutan think way ahead well beyond death the hope is it will bring them release from their everyday life which is often tough the average monthly income is around two hundred a year as most people just about that five through our bill and livestock farming Climate Change is threatening their leak of business even their prayer flags on a concern has set up wont help with that. In recent years there have been lots of floods and storms the harvests were correspondingly pool. Thing with a lot i dont really know too much about it but i think Climate Change is to blame it is that the whatever the case all have to change my methods out of i used to plant potatoes and maybe ill turn my field into a metal for grazing calls but it sort of. But only dairy cows not beef cattle killing animals isnt allowed in bhutan and for buddhist followers its not an option anyway religion and tradition pervade every day life from the way the people decorate that the woods and arrange their interiors and the way to their rituals they pray for their son they want him to have a better life as an adult its best if he moves to the city and studies what about their own and the happiness through the eyes of a guy thing we have peace of mind and we dont have to battle kill anyone and in the original one. I cant explain it but were happy its clearly got the lets. Tell it you dont ive lived half my life if i manage the rest its fine thought. What never occurs to the two in their wooden heart is to be envious of the neighbor with had bigger house and bigger plans thought of not has transformed half on into a wellness guesthouse the Main Attraction is the hot stuff hes bought. It what. Guests can lie here and enjoy the heat coming out through the cracks she says. She makes her own wine and spirits too she needs the money. And that made it and still still good so i will be out of five siblings and i just saw my younger siblings i study so i have to look after them. Theyre all going to schools and college just. The guest rooms are empty at the moment very few foreigners come to boomtown valley. The government of bhutan doesnt want mass tourism it charges every tourist a flat fee of two hundred euros per day. The lot. Donna who is supported by her mother and two employees would like to have more guests but she has set the policy its fate like everything in life im happy with what im doing because. After youre finished in the College Years that you have to fall in search of jobs so best of luck i dont have to pool in search of all our jobs and of course ive already had a house its summer because of all the rain its the off season and ten good ones feeling the pinch a Brand New Hotel is much bigger than damas guest house but business is just as slow. One reason she tells this is the Poor Condition of the roads into the entire valley. Shed like to have more to rest but she defends the government policy of limiting access to high fields thrum my point of view i think. Having a limited number of guests entering our country i think is a good thing because you know everybody says its a lost shell a country and then. Having that border state he will be able to preserve will that be difficult to change and everything so i think its good that in we have. A limited number of guests coming in through and in and had damage to discuss means strategies about how they can fill the hotel better but shes not im happy with the low level of business. Thread no im happy with what im doing but you know i also have the green ones and north almost that like expending labor and im doing a lot of business and i have a dream to live in a explained in the near future. Ten john who is also a wife and mother runs another business too she money factors launch stoves that she sells to School Kitchens live around the country she inherited this business from her fall of a i also want to walk i just dont want to sit and then well be at our do like wallet and we need people like get exposure socialize and do something good thats as spike lee. Sometimes she wishes her employees had the same drive the same passion that approach to work. If in her opinion fast sometimes a bit too comfortable with the status quo. Not hungry enough to increase profits. They just want to take its a son to go to survive and then you know they want to enjoy all sorts of future what theyre happy with the it looks somewhat it practical of bring to other people but now it is just theres more competition coming up the in order to be a bigger more ambitious and there will be not. They can rest here from their daily lives at the cheshire celebration. To mark its completion the image of the venerated group is home on a monastery war on the third date was. Changed. That. Was my. Was. That. And again many pilgrims come from the surrounding villages to boomtown valley including the one anothers new town means the valley of the beautiful girls clowery there are journalists here to also seeking happiness cleese. To get. The lawn meditations have had the same effect on them as on the locals but it was with stop if something must have happened to me on a spiritual level a clumsy i cant explain it but i could definitely feel a bit of a feeling for that as id like to feel. Not if this seems particularly spectacular and thats probably one of the quizzes that the fundamental relaxed mentality. Of. The people of bhutan on modest they strive to sniffle chin is not the jackpot theyre happy with what they have clean rivers and lakes. Ideally valid centime mountains a lot of palaces and fortresses and first and foremost and lot of hanukkah. This happy tel existence can also be seen and their competitions. Alitalia thank you thanks. Two teens shoot at one target from more than a hundred and forty meters away after everything theyve done thats together the. In the play out it gets old was a good social life is why you get to watch your friends then go on top of that what i did before because of that there is no good and if theres a. Culture. Some guy is one of the best are an area thing going his way today. Coming. Out of the. Record of the data. And the other attend he chairs the camera but misses again never mind yes yes still ahead to what we believe its a good list and its not a vinnie everything is not actually i thought it the capital to improve anybodys this modest attitude it has a population of about one hundred thousand its surrounded by mountains at an altitude of two thousand meters the parliament meets here the kid resides here and its also from here that the industry is so crucial to town and hes managed to reason to attract foreign travelers to town deliberately naches me image of being in nature and people live in country outside the Tourism Council theres a sign that says its our mission to help the vulnerable and the disadvantaged help themselves of course all our goal is to attract the right kind of visitors people who have travelled well enough people to respect culture after that brings a value to not just economic value but value. Gallatin bottom right. You are unlikely to see european looking interest in a capital one reason for that is the poor transport infrastructure its just about adequate in the capital but not further afield so for now with digging into consideration the getting to pristine all we can do on a fifty did want it but if you give it to be looking a little bit more because that is up because that place we bought rolled in the happiness of the country not just happiness but i love the east its of what we offered of bringing people together in the sharing culture and at the same time a little bit a little bit of money people and most foreign visitors arrive here at the International Airport not far from the capital but its so hard to fly into that only a few dozen pilots around the world have a license to do so everything on the ground is very relaxed again theres strength in trying to quality this attitude is preached right from the top and the authority is appreciated good town. First and foremost the man who in the seventys had the idea of the Gross National happiness and his face is everywhere in the capital to improve the king he said who would like a pop star just like his son has taken over the scepter neither of them gave into the least those who want to find out more about the principle of happiness have to come again to the National Happiness research center. But were not through yet measuring happiness its. A very interesting interesting meeting with time with us three dice in fact that the next few weeks before. Thank you didnt last i deduced currently didnt miss a beat or a despondent dived in their desired this by the happiness of. Their happiness values are consistently high even though Life Expectancy is low at sixty eight but awareness of ones own mortality the head of research assures us is good for the Community Spirit and therefore for happiness if you become very cautious of your life one thing and you always think we are interconnected in the depend to each other we are not individuals theyre not that interconnected depended to bend it therefore might have been missed should also need others have been thought how much does such statements match up with reality. A quick look across the city boundary suffices to see how hard the lives of many ordinary people along a route is being built a hard job that poorly paid men and women both have to get stuck in and. Did. All. The time is still a developing country the path to modernity is tough. Again will happen and surveys are to ensure that this path is somewhat less obvious it is a very important helps that as is the government or the day of the government to make decisions how they james the gear in the Budget Allocation how the planning for formulate the development of blonds we have to have at the depths we have to check whether all citizens quality of life has improved. There are seasons as in hands that happens but does everyone really great the opposition resides in this shabby building theyve been around since they came in held elections for the first time eighteen years ago the secretary general of the opposition doesnt really seem to know what he should oppose what the board what is there in common i used to vote for the national with but what the f. Brought with him used as a bit may be developed so i only have the liberty to tell you exactly as to how my body is different from government project but in all honesty isnt he im happy that his party isnt in power. Units appointed because it is. You know we dont have the right to demand to be elected simply because we have done you know we have achieved some legit reason to what we pledged promised. Down the nias Community Comes before individual interests already in School Education is important in bhutan its free and that sensible to everyone its jolly both in the classroom and in the playground theres not listening that pervades the entire curriculum what could it be any teaching that mean we had we in a class that must be connected to the capitalist. That. At the start of class there is meditation up to. And then they carry on as in all schools and bhutan in english todays lesson happiness is when everyone friendly when people are friendly to animals including animals that count that cuddly such as frogs just awful all right off the top. Only hope atrophied it the fault of all of the. Students in it is to teach the why you see the road is very good at least eating right didnt want to end sometimes in new delhi when the trains to sting muddy watchers all off the brooding. And he mocks the money all the bridges we kept so that speed. Past can chill out the good. Thing that. Despite all must be shared thought it was true. For you with this Little Information not only almost you know i dont know maybe i would love the front part of my seed this base or here. I should try to make the front focus is trying to let this new that good is good and. We have what we want will not that of the day duration is through the end must get a bit dull were never think that sweet is our primary purpose the very rigid the fundamental purpose of getting devils to the next with human beings to us that made it. That includes enough that nature outside of school to. Young people are planting trees high above the capital. Thats to lessen the greenhouse effect and slow down Climate Change. Tashi another spy professional comes here every weekend planting saplings with friends i like planting trees and then when i plant freeze i feel that i have done something good to meet your rich is a help and then had been people always helping anyone get always me at the you know happiness that satisfaction that i always want at the end of the day. A few weeks ago tashi didnt have friends with that when a hundred thousand trees were planted in one day the start of a lifelong cooling. Yeah i planted trees and then i do fall off ill stop and then recently i did elves and im so happy that my dad is green loved. The dead. And its not just the beauty of nature that tiny value did with tanith but. Like will over the world people you know like to dress not lived. Their fashion conscious in their own national style. This design that tells us what the style is. His son is one of the most creative heads of the Small National fashion see. How creations can be found at the markets of the capital and in the pictures of the countrys magazines this is one of the dresses that i designed when i first started off and when i first started off i had no money so it is basically things that somebody would give me so this is a little kind of they have too many colors and also this my sister gave me and i made it into a dress but thats one of the most the things that i like the most of it very personal to me and it had lot of colors and i always like to do that. Speaking of congress is less such a thing as a National Color green maybe it would go well with the peoples love of nature we dont have a lot of being recovered sixty percent of forest but we not only green i think we like red and i actually tell it like a lot of times i think and very bright very i personally like very bright things i just example is my bag this is like the car kind of colors which means people like. Then there are the playful patterns there are no simple designs with just wanna come here to be born for the time means taste. Which means we like busy things and into good stuff like if you look at it so many patterns oh if you look here a little its full of color the night very intricate things. And even a belt the old a very busy prince with roots get in there with the birth with or cover it all up i think well cover it up but i think we dont have any what is there we dont mind people doing still but i think ill fit the design such that we dont since were speaking of taste what does the fashion expert think of these symbols that had won over the country the painted and sculpted penis is there venerated more ardently here than in any other country whats the origin of this crazy cult and what do modern residents of the capital say about it in the house they have it like as a symbol of fertility and also to ward off both hope that my mother has a lot of stories of my grandmother about the balance and how they do that in the past and you know so i guess because ive grown up in that sense so im ok with it but maybe some other people with you differently this isnt a sack shop its a souvenir shop phyliss in a nice sizes and apparently size really does matter every inch more is a greater blessing it with dignity of anyone to think anything obscene i dont think so because then as i said you know theres a clear distinction between pornographic fact pornography and the bad it has got cultural that this has got anthropological that this is what if you go back so these exist today because of the strength inherent in the bat. But that matters less and less to the young generation the x. But laments hes written an entire book about the phenomenon you would hardly see for little thank you want to eaves of the roof roof but if you look at the village you will see it dangling from so that that its out feel is that you know that ideas change the fact that youre used to people through admin are really invalid as awful awful other than as the good at question for the shop assistants do they have a problem selling phalluses. I turn from one shuttling to. The selling disc. Its our reading thats a handgun its just not in shape to say what about your colleagues if you thought about it i. Know it is. But there. Is that a lot of these things or not feel you know me but. Not that my kids will look at whats popular anymore going. To educate you have been at all please do not. Think bigger but keep in. Nurturing traditions thats not so important anymore to the times you see that increasingly open to more than pastimes soccer is popular and since the king and now the internet in one thousand nine hundred nine you want to be connected to the Virtual World after dark the country shows a completely different side to its nature laughing traditional image. Distance and i belong to the dogs who have bought through the night. Annele protections covered them as well. And behind the facade the partys start to turn apparently has the highest per capita Alcohol Consumption in southern asia theres a lot of drinking and dancing in this nightclub to give the women who tend to come from poor families they wont get into the least known with visitors because vast like this are still considered disreputable. Occupants some of the dances smooth with the customers and who knows what else. This is not considered cool and like to show themselves in public come here instead of to the manager and not. Live bands perform here the music is very much shaped by western culture rocknroll struggled for a long time and two times now that its not a small market as. Some of the fault of a handful of educated people were actually most of all these things all of us have thought of all people were exposed to a music and loud music culture and all that was blocked it was just one for. Like this album not be able to spot the business as a business while this is a book but i started and often it worked out well now its the citys young who meet here students trainees and colorful characters the most gentle cannot stand the gradual westernised station of the country that fill sun with wylie the biggest change of all this to what you can see along if you will just walk more. Entertainment talk more. I guess things on a much real plane and my making enough money to laugh with all my people at my. Being enough to read good will my rent do i have enough to make investments for the long jump people have the same concerns like anywhere else in the world so i dont think you know we are a breed apart where all of us meditate all of a sudden and then you know we rise above these were the concerns that probably isnt free. At the same time everyone assures us that they simply happy. With their income with the government but mainly with the. Please not the kind of like what i said he doesnt want anything like special for you and thats what makes him very special because the people think thats what it. Is then nothing to criticize not on camera and definitely not in front of foreign journalists. People do say the things they want to say but they also do it with a little look consideration of how it might affect you know. The only hint of a bit of protest is up on stage. Yeah yeah. Yeah its the final countdown sun by a band called the able and the blind. The listener kingly is almost completely blind but now up to the current problems in the country. He sees values quite clearly. Most of the time i try to focus more on social issues like suicide or corruption or drug abuse or just trying to get the message out there that these are problems are going to be a Young Country with a developing country and it will be if it were it wouldnt be fair for me to tell you all that we dont have is bob. And his band are preparing for the next show in the hassel room. But. I never would have to be performing in public one day. It would. Be nice to feel next glinted because the physically disabled often stop and the land of happiness. In the tunnel we have a superstition that in this life if you are born with son. Someday you know the problems of physical problems and we believe that in a past life you committed a sin and youve been punished for it at that and you cant really get rid of the superstition i tried so hard to fit in because and then im usually it ended up with me getting i believe actually got beaten up by goods but that the thing is that you know as i grew older and as i struggled and as as i came to realize that this. I have believe that the only way that i could stop that is enough to accept that this is the nationality of my life and be happy that i have. Today music is his way of finding happiness even in the toughest situations and all that i have a. Brother by the possibility i would. Visit got at it with my love thats been the latest stuff but its true that typical butan a well developed desire to look for peace of mind in every situation. Where does this will for please come from from the edge an eighty percent of the population venerate buddha and follow his teachings which say life is suffering. But theres no end to the state isnt a good town nor sense that people are tired of life on the contrary in many areas that fighting for a better world thats why there are so many who was protecting animals and the environment so many prayer flags intended to ensure heavenly protection. Butros is to fend off potential enemies. On the walls of houses there are so many pitches to scare away demons and that the markets so many stores will sell any good luck charms. This market is at the bottom of a valley at the top is putdowns and then attraction. Im on a street called the tigers nest it is said that the towns founding guru flew that on the back of a tiger wooden remove the rules have to win. To an altitude of more than three thousand meters up to. The. For this young long the path has been routine since he entered the monastery four lives ago thought. It. Was about what would that be. The young monk this accompanied by his mentor a priest who has walked back and forth between the valley and the tigers nest for the past forty years. Hes thought a lot about happiness. And on and on and theres been a very good will as a human being and youre already very close to adam its hard to become a human being and the cycle of rebirth unlike other animals human beings can become enlightened the happiness for me is when youre not suffering when you have peace and thats why i practice buddhism of the young monk conti magine anything that are either. I want to become a priest. But the young monk isnt always learning meditating hes not always with his mentor when hes in the valley he plays with his friends whats his favorite dad thank you still do i like Computer Games and playstation gives them different thought games think fighting games are my favorite. There they are again the contradictions but maybe thats where the secret to happiness lies not solving the contradictions but rather there and then happening. The biggest contradiction of the movie is that to turn the country that invented the measurement of happiness is quite far down the United Nations interNational Happiness leap table eighty fourth in fact because that table isnt based on subjective question asked but on hard facts about Living Standards and Life Expectancy. And its not up all of that all in good time but happiness made in bhutan is one law for anyone and declare loudly im happy. That if i were if the battery was out i mixed if i let you spend it i dont know why im happy as long as theres a fortune might that it definitely im still happy despite the fact that it was cut scalped just yet i just wanna find out about cookies. For. For sarah millers playing for. The fish joining her on a journey as a musical just got her. Time she meets Thomas Hampson in a holiday. Party that i did oh no not on the world famous singer texeira into the world of classical german songs. Its broke. Its created. Its rich in natural beauty. I got big plans for it i want to discover as much as i can hear and read and. Really explore the must see sights of this fabulous city on the album river. Thirty minutes of w. Just one way to survive narratives like just. Bangladesh what is the true face of the country looks like. Freedom independence a separation of state and church that used to be important but for decades political infighting has hindered progress and islamist extremists are gaining more influence john kasich and the rule of law are on shaky ground if difficult getting the worst down love this should be. Made but it is. Not. The anglo desh the dawn of islamism an exclusive d. W. Report starting april twenty first. United states and. Massacre Nikki Haley SaysRussian Companies will be hit with sanctions for supplying equipment to the Syrian Regime there are conflicting claims about the impact of u. S. Led missile strikes against syria the u. S. France and britain maintain they bombed only chemical weapons facilities russia says several airfields were targeted as well