Bhutanese culture and customs

Some customary things to keep in mind when travelling Bhutan:

• Take off your footwear before entering to sacred places and temples.

• Maintain in silence in heritage or religious places

• Always walk in a clockwise direction when circumambulating a chorten, stupa or prayer wheels.

• Use both hands when receiving or giving any object to be polite.

• Dress conservatively (no jeans nor revealing clothing: I like to wear the traditional attire called Kira. I got mine in Thimphu.)

• Do not point with your fingers, insted of that indicate with your right palm facing up