1st Thimphu Snowfall 23rd January

Thimphu Archery Ground

Thimphu National Stadium

Hotel Riverview, Thimphu

Snow Fight after first snowfall

These pictures are all taken from our office window and may not be very professional but just to update our visitors the 1st snowfall in Capital city Thimphu.

Government offices and institutions in these dzongkhags remained closed on the occasion of the first snowfall of the year.

In the capital, unlike the past few years, the snowfall this time lasted the whole day and the whole valley was covered by a thick blanket of snow.

Children and the youth played in the snow hitting passersby with snowball and making huge snowmen.

Snowfall is welcomed especially by farmers in the kingdom as a promise of bountiful harvest later during the year.

In the villages, children go from house to house singing Lolay, a song wishing the families health and happiness and bountiful harvest.

Abundant snowfall is believed to be good for crops. It is also believed to reduce diseases like cold and cough.