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Sangay Siddhartha: A blend of folklore, spirituality, and modernity

ཟླ་༩ 30, 2025 2 mins read
Sangay Siddhartha: A blend of folklore, spirituality, and modernity

In a country where the past and present often exist in delicate tension, Bhutanese audience were given a rare theatrical gift this week in “Sangay Siddhartha”, a visually inventive and thematically resonant play staged in Thimphu.

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