Changing Face Of Bhutan - The Youth

THIMPHU, BHUTAN - JUNE14 : Bhutanese monks play soccer during their free time at the Dechen Phodrang monastery on June 14, 2018, in Thimphu, Bhutan. Around 250 monks reside at the government run monastery that also doubles as a child care facility for under privileged and orphaned males. The monks average about 10 hours of study a day waking up at 5:00am. Mahayana Buddhism is the state religion. Bhutan is no ordinary place, it is known an open democratic society. Bhutanese society is free of class or a caste system, the country has a very young population: more than half of the population is below the age of 25 years. Perhaps the last great Himalayan kingdom, where a traditional Buddhist culture carefully embraces global developments. The youth in Bhutan today live in a world very different from that known by their parents. Globalization, urbanization and new modes of mass and interpersonal communication have rapidly and radically changed the way young people interact with each other, with their families and with society as a whole. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images for Lumix)