Market Places

Textiles are a big part of Bhutanese handicraft. The ones that are handmade on the loom with silk can cost as much as $750 US dollars for a table runner. Here I am shopping for a Kira, a traditional skirt that most Bhutanese women wear. I wore one to work today and it took me 15 minutes to put it on right. No buttons, no snaps, it stays on with just a wrap around textile cloth belt.

This is a corner street market. Usually you can pick up your fresh vegetables, fruit, and rice at the big weekend market.

Bags and sticks of incense at the weekend market.

The weekend market.

Making brooms at the weekend market.