On October 13, 2024, Canberra became the backdrop for an unprecedented gathering of over 5,000 Bhutanese at the Hall Showground. A member of the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) project team, clearly taken aback by the sheer magnitude of the event, asked me, “How are the Bhutanese able to come together like this?”
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