And yeah, there's video.
Bhutanese refugee camps look far better than Mumbai slums, though.
There's more material where that came from.
d.
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19.06.09
Life in the Camps - Part two of the Bhutanese Refugee Series
"have fun" is not an appropriate greeting in this context.
"have thought" perhaps.
el d.
17.06.09
bhutan - what have you done? Part one of the Bhutanese Refugee series
Refugees in the Himalayas. Bhuddists driving out an ethnic minority.
A series of interviews taken in the camps in southeastern Nepal, where about 108.000 people still live without any citizenship.
This is explicitly not "dave's away" but something else entirely, as yet nameless. Any suggestions?
cheers,
the d.
A series of interviews taken in the camps in southeastern Nepal, where about 108.000 people still live without any citizenship.
This is explicitly not "dave's away" but something else entirely, as yet nameless. Any suggestions?
cheers,
the d.
21.05.09
[picpost] Bhutanese Refugees
Back in the Thamel. Again.
Coffee, power, all of life's necessities, wrapped up in a concise little place called Thamel. Touristy as it might be, it's simply what the people in (post?)industrialised countries take for granted and consume every day.
Bhutanese Refugee camps are a whole different story.
And it's not a pretty one.
Driven from their homeland in southern Bhutan 18 years ago, 108.000 people currently sit without any citizenship in the south-eastern provinces of Nepal.
There are a lot of interviews, and I want to provide you with an accurate translation before going into detail.
Summarising the translations I got from T.P. Mishra (founder of the Bhutan News Service and perhaps the only internationally active refugee journalist without a citizenship):
It wasn't ethnic cleansing in the classical sense, but it got quite close to it.
The religious aspect was present, but not central. The holy threads were reportedly cut from the Brahmans, Hindus were forced to kill cows. Quite serious, actually.
The people there basically haven't been able to work legally since the early 1990s.
Resettlement to third countries is hope and possibility for many, but it remains a half-baked solution.
Culturally, the southern Bhutanese have lots of rituals, "puja", offerings, equipment, stuff they can't reasonably leave behind because of their spiritual beliefs.
Actually, these things are a bit to heavy for the planes, though. And the money to afford an additional luggage charge is neither available of affordable.
I'll be working on the video for the next week or so, so expect few updates, and another dave's away with true content and message.
cheers,
dave out.
Coffee, power, all of life's necessities, wrapped up in a concise little place called Thamel. Touristy as it might be, it's simply what the people in (post?)industrialised countries take for granted and consume every day.
Bhutanese Refugee camps are a whole different story.
And it's not a pretty one.
Driven from their homeland in southern Bhutan 18 years ago, 108.000 people currently sit without any citizenship in the south-eastern provinces of Nepal.
There are a lot of interviews, and I want to provide you with an accurate translation before going into detail.
Summarising the translations I got from T.P. Mishra (founder of the Bhutan News Service and perhaps the only internationally active refugee journalist without a citizenship):
It wasn't ethnic cleansing in the classical sense, but it got quite close to it.
The religious aspect was present, but not central. The holy threads were reportedly cut from the Brahmans, Hindus were forced to kill cows. Quite serious, actually.
The people there basically haven't been able to work legally since the early 1990s.
Resettlement to third countries is hope and possibility for many, but it remains a half-baked solution.
Culturally, the southern Bhutanese have lots of rituals, "puja", offerings, equipment, stuff they can't reasonably leave behind because of their spiritual beliefs.Actually, these things are a bit to heavy for the planes, though. And the money to afford an additional luggage charge is neither available of affordable.
I'll be working on the video for the next week or so, so expect few updates, and another dave's away with true content and message.
cheers,
dave out.
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