Bhutanese architecture has significantly fallen apart due to globalization and has impacted the society as a whole. Bhutan had its unique style of constructing houses and the Dzongs (fortresses) built of rammed earth,
In the mid 1970’s, Bhutan is suddenly thronged open to the outside world. Started trade linked with India and started importing cheap subsidies goods from India, which affects our local economy. Despite this, the modern lifestyle has also some impact on Bhutanese economy. According to the article from the Journal of Bhutan Studies (2011), the process of economic modernization involves urbanization and industrialization and other changes include the adaptation of scientific technology and market economy resulting in a fundamental shift in people’s value, attitudes and expectations as a response to early reaching implications on the lives of the Bhutanese people in so far as it presented a distinct break from the isolated medieval past and ushered Bhutan into the modern world (JBS, 2011). Even this point is also supports by the Wangyel, (2011) as a result of economic modernization and the initiation of planned economic development, there has been a tremendous improvement in the living standards of the Bhutanese people and Bhutan has also established diplomatic and trade links with many countries and is a member of many international organizations including the United Nations (Wangyel.
But than it is fortunate for them that now, we are receiving monastic education easily without much trouble like in past , an 80 years old women says that none of the Grandmother have received a education but later another women told that , merely a monastic education system was available to a monk but it was only meant for a boy . so, it was difficult for them to study. Through modern Education people are being more passion able to other religion because education can be in many form like translation of other religious Book into English. So, they get more interested to it and tend to change the religion (Dargye, n.d.) Modernization has impacted the Bhutanese society in the way that the culture and traditional are generally fading away. This calls for the youths to actively participate in sustain tradition and enjoy what modernization has to provide so that a balance is created between two(Cline,2011) Wangyel comments about the significance of Modernization in Bhutan stating that modernization has benefited the society where
(Dorji, 2009). The young enthusiastic people patiently listened to oral transmission history by their elders with regardless of the time it consumed. Today, the culture of oral history has been diminished or declined whereby people stay an hour’s in front of television. Nonetheless, in the Bhutanese context, the use of internet facilities by both elders and younger ones has found as annoyance because mostly the people are opting for smart phones which has 3G net services and found that they are busy in chat or attaining a call and has less or no time to communicate with their family and love ones. Thus the tradition way of community vitality or interaction which was strongly maintained before the advent of such technologies has now being losing through use of modern gadgets (Cline,
It means that the influence of Tibetan Buddhism on social, political, economic and other cultural affairs is weakened, and no longer a major factor restricting their development. Second, having faith of Tibetan Buddhism becomes a private thing, society or Tibetan Buddhism itself can not compel individuals to believe in Tibetan Buddhism. Third, Tibetan Buddhism does not rely on forcing the whole community to serve its own development anymore. In contrast, it should meet the needs of social development and in the service of people’s secular lives. As I mentioned at the beginning of this paragraph, the secularization of Tibetan Buddhism festivals is coincident with the secularization of Tibetan Buddhism.
The presence of Buddhism had influenced Confucianism to form Neo-Confucianism, which payed attention to issues of daily life. 14. The large presence of China in all aspects of life, government, and intellectual arts had played roles in areas including Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. Korea had received influence in terms of religion, and forms of government, although aristocracy had not dominated in China, as it did in Korea. China and Vietnam had relations in agriculture, and intellect, but differed in religion, and Vietnam had possessed a much lower form of patriarchy in society.
(Dorji, 2009). The young enthusiastic people patiently listened to oral transmission history by their elders with regardless of the time it consumed. Today, the culture of oral history has been diminished or declined whereby people stay an hour’s in front of television. Nonetheless, in the Bhutanese context, the use of internet facilities by both elders and younger ones has found as annoyance because mostly the people are opting for smart phones which has 3G net services and found that they are busy in chat or attaining a call and has less or no time to communicate with their family and love ones. Thus the tradition way of community vitality or interaction which was strongly maintained before the advent of such technologies has now being losing through use of modern gadgets (Cline,
EVOLUTION OF BHUTAN’S EDUCATION POLICY Bhutan is a small nation known for its isolationism and its cherished Lamaist traditions. Before the king Jigme Wangchuck introduced modern education system in Bhutan in 1960s Buddhist monastic institutions were the only source of formal education available to the Bhutanese people. History of Modern Education in Bhutan This Himalayan nation was geographically isolated from the rest of the world until 1961 when the third Druk Gyalpo , Jigme Dorji Wangchuck opened the nation to the rest of the world. The British Indian rulers, in the 19th century, were actively pursuing the ‘forward area policy’ in the Himalayan region, in which Bhutan was destined to play an important role because of its strategic location between two giants of Asia i.e. India and China.
Bhutan being a small nation between India and china ,it has been following a policy of isolation and adopting its unique tradition ,culture and Buddhist society until 1961, King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck initiating first five year plan with a construction of road, initiating economic development open its doors towards outside the world .there is an drastic improvement in living standard of Bhutanese people. Bhutanese people now a day work hard to buy more things and their modern lifestyle have made lives generally more comfortable. However, this has lead to many traditional values and customs to fade away, tradition art of Oral Storytelling is substituting by digital Storytelling in the Bhutanese Social Milieu, youth learn negative attitude. Bhutan opening her door to outside country and leading modern life style has lead to fade her culture values, tradition and customs. People of Bhutan is becoming modernized due to excess to media such as television and
Based on family traditions and customs of Thailand (composed by parents). As China and other Asian countries, as young people should respect and obey their parents, the elderly | willingness of teachers and monks. Speaking of traditional Thai culture, can not fail to mention temples and Buddhist. Buddhism spread to Thailand for hundreds of years, have been deeply affected the Thai people. Monasteries became centers of towns and villages, people receive education, awareness was held to celebrate the festival venue.