1 00:00:49,833 --> 00:00:51,417 Wake up my child. 2 00:00:54,958 --> 00:00:56,792 Ah kids these days, 3 00:00:57,958 --> 00:00:59,125 roaming like horses all night, 4 00:00:59,125 --> 00:01:01,125 sleeping like pigs all day. 5 00:01:01,917 --> 00:01:03,125 Wake up. 6 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:09,458 Don't you have a meeting with your boss? You'll be late. 7 00:01:59,375 --> 00:02:01,500 If you are like this, 8 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:03,917 what will you do when I am gone? 9 00:02:05,042 --> 00:02:06,875 If this is your attitude, 10 00:02:06,875 --> 00:02:08,667 you might not last in your job. 11 00:02:08,667 --> 00:02:12,958 Grandma, I told you I don't want to be a teacher. 12 00:02:13,667 --> 00:02:15,333 What? What did you say? 13 00:02:15,542 --> 00:02:17,917 You should take your life more seriously. 14 00:02:39,333 --> 00:02:40,542 Good Morning. 15 00:02:43,208 --> 00:02:44,542 Good Morning! 16 00:02:48,375 --> 00:02:49,042 Yes? 17 00:02:49,042 --> 00:02:50,750 Can I help you with something? 18 00:02:51,583 --> 00:02:53,917 Oh, I am the teacher from Gedu, 19 00:02:53,917 --> 00:02:57,042 I am supposed to meet the Secretary today. 20 00:02:57,958 --> 00:03:00,292 I'll let her know you are here. 21 00:03:07,667 --> 00:03:09,375 In our country, we have 22 00:03:09,375 --> 00:03:10,875 over a thousand teachers working for us. 23 00:03:11,375 --> 00:03:14,750 Yet, I have not seen anyone less motivated than you. 24 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,458 Madame, please don't be angry. 25 00:03:16,458 --> 00:03:20,375 You are in the 4th year of your 5th year of mandatory service. 26 00:03:20,375 --> 00:03:22,708 Do you wish to continue to serve the government? 27 00:03:23,250 --> 00:03:26,958 Well, Madame, over the years I have realised 28 00:03:26,958 --> 00:03:29,208 that maybe I am not meant to be a teacher. 29 00:03:29,208 --> 00:03:30,667 Enough! 30 00:03:32,250 --> 00:03:34,375 I know the likes of you. 31 00:03:40,750 --> 00:03:46,167 Do you realise you are not done with your contract? 32 00:03:51,208 --> 00:03:53,125 You still have one more year. 33 00:03:58,917 --> 00:04:01,583 Madame, this says Lunana. 34 00:04:01,583 --> 00:04:02,917 Yes, Lunana. 35 00:04:02,917 --> 00:04:04,875 You said you are not happy in Gedu. 36 00:04:04,875 --> 00:04:06,583 We just got word that 37 00:04:06,583 --> 00:04:08,750 the Lunana school needs a teacher. 38 00:04:09,417 --> 00:04:12,375 It looks like a perfect situation, no? 39 00:04:12,833 --> 00:04:14,125 Go up to Lunana. 40 00:04:14,375 --> 00:04:17,417 But isn't Lunana in Gasa? 41 00:04:17,417 --> 00:04:20,375 The Lunana school is not only the most remote school in Bhutan 42 00:04:20,375 --> 00:04:24,542 but probably in the world. 43 00:04:24,542 --> 00:04:28,042 Our government's pursuit of Gross National Happiness 44 00:04:28,042 --> 00:04:33,292 demands for us to provide education for every single child 45 00:04:33,292 --> 00:04:37,958 be it in the city or the most remote villages. 46 00:04:38,167 --> 00:04:42,250 Madame, I don't think I'll be able to do this. 47 00:04:43,542 --> 00:04:45,375 Plus, 48 00:04:46,250 --> 00:04:47,542 I have altitude problems. 49 00:04:47,542 --> 00:04:49,500 Altitude problems? 50 00:04:51,042 --> 00:04:52,375 Aren't you Bhutanese? 51 00:04:52,375 --> 00:04:55,500 These are not altitude problems, these are attitude problems! 52 00:04:56,042 --> 00:04:59,417 Stop making excuses, and go up. 53 00:04:59,833 --> 00:05:02,750 Because of the remoteness and cold, 54 00:05:02,750 --> 00:05:06,958 the school closes at the onset of winter. 55 00:05:08,250 --> 00:05:10,667 Finish your lessons and come back at that time. 56 00:05:19,125 --> 00:05:20,500 Can't be that bad 57 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:21,167 What? 58 00:05:21,167 --> 00:05:22,875 I said it can't be that bad. 59 00:05:22,875 --> 00:05:27,417 I heard that it's very beautiful up there. 60 00:05:27,417 --> 00:05:28,667 You mean Lunana? 61 00:05:29,625 --> 00:05:31,542 Do you know what Lunana is like? 62 00:05:31,542 --> 00:05:33,125 They don't even have electricity. 63 00:05:33,125 --> 00:05:35,125 Plus it's eight days hike man. 64 00:05:35,125 --> 00:05:37,792 Why do you want to go to Australia that badly? 65 00:05:38,500 --> 00:05:40,042 You have such a respectable job. 66 00:05:40,042 --> 00:05:41,792 And you want to leave that and go? 67 00:05:41,792 --> 00:05:45,167 I want to do things man. 68 00:05:45,792 --> 00:05:46,917 And that is? 69 00:05:50,125 --> 00:05:52,042 You want to leave your good government job, 70 00:05:52,042 --> 00:05:54,125 and go to a foreign country to be a singer? 71 00:05:54,500 --> 00:05:55,167 Yup. 72 00:05:56,208 --> 00:05:58,292 Isn't it difficult for Bhutanese to get the visa? 73 00:05:58,958 --> 00:06:00,542 It's all done. 74 00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:05,667 I just have to follow up in three months. 75 00:06:06,625 --> 00:06:08,625 And your grandmother? 76 00:06:08,625 --> 00:06:10,167 Are you going to leave her alone here? 77 00:06:11,458 --> 00:06:12,292 Ladies and Gentlemen! 78 00:06:12,750 --> 00:06:16,833 My special friend Ugyen wants to sing a song. 79 00:06:20,500 --> 00:06:22,250 You don't have to worry about Grandma. 80 00:06:23,667 --> 00:06:24,667 Hey Ugyen! 81 00:06:24,792 --> 00:06:26,333 Come up! 82 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:27,542 Let it be. 83 00:06:57,208 --> 00:06:59,125 How are you guys doing? 84 00:07:01,708 --> 00:07:02,875 Alright. 85 00:07:31,958 --> 00:07:34,833 Oh you know my Australian visa 86 00:07:35,500 --> 00:07:40,208 Before I go to Lunana, I'll give it to you 87 00:07:40,208 --> 00:07:42,625 Can you please follow up with the embassy in Delhi? 88 00:07:42,917 --> 00:07:45,667 Don't worry about that, I'll take care of it. 89 00:07:55,625 --> 00:07:56,833 I'll bring something to eat. 90 00:07:58,083 --> 00:07:58,875 Hello Grandmother. 91 00:07:58,875 --> 00:08:00,167 Oh it's you Tandin. 92 00:08:01,667 --> 00:08:03,375 Hope your parents are well? 93 00:08:03,375 --> 00:08:04,667 Yes, we are all well. 94 00:08:09,875 --> 00:08:11,458 Have you lost weight? 95 00:08:11,875 --> 00:08:13,375 Yes I lost a little 96 00:08:13,375 --> 00:08:15,000 I thought I'll try to keep fit. 97 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,583 Back in the day, 98 00:08:17,583 --> 00:08:19,292 brawny men were considered good catches. 99 00:08:19,292 --> 00:08:21,583 Nowadays they seem to prefer ones who look like sticks. 100 00:08:26,417 --> 00:08:28,542 Ugyen, what did you mean this morning? 101 00:08:29,958 --> 00:08:31,333 Ugyen, I am talking to you. 102 00:08:32,667 --> 00:08:35,250 Grandma, I told you... 103 00:08:35,250 --> 00:08:36,917 I don't want to work for the government. 104 00:08:38,375 --> 00:08:40,333 What? What do you mean? 105 00:08:42,875 --> 00:08:44,583 It's an honour to serve the government 106 00:08:44,583 --> 00:08:46,375 and here you want to leave your job? 107 00:08:47,292 --> 00:08:49,125 You lost your parents as a child. 108 00:08:50,500 --> 00:08:53,667 You completed your education, and got a decent job. 109 00:08:54,625 --> 00:08:56,125 I hoped this would be a good life for you. 110 00:08:57,250 --> 00:08:59,250 You are going to a foreign country, aren't you? 111 00:09:02,625 --> 00:09:04,000 I saw your papers. 112 00:09:05,917 --> 00:09:08,167 There's only the two of us left. 113 00:09:08,167 --> 00:09:09,958 Why would you want to leave home? 114 00:09:12,292 --> 00:09:15,417 The ministry wants to send me to Lunana. 115 00:09:15,417 --> 00:09:17,375 Do you even know where Lunana is? 116 00:09:17,375 --> 00:09:18,792 Do you know how it is? 117 00:09:19,542 --> 00:09:22,083 Wherever they send you, you should just go. 118 00:09:29,750 --> 00:09:31,625 Anyway, do whatever you want. 119 00:09:31,917 --> 00:09:33,167 Tandin, be well. 120 00:09:43,208 --> 00:09:45,542 You need a good shoe to go up. 121 00:09:46,375 --> 00:09:50,375 Look, this has a thick sole, and it's also waterproof. 122 00:09:51,042 --> 00:09:51,917 Good huh? 123 00:09:52,333 --> 00:09:54,125 Yes this is waterpoof. 124 00:09:54,125 --> 00:09:57,042 Have you ever heard of gortex? This is gortex. 125 00:09:59,167 --> 00:10:00,042 Are you sure? 126 00:10:00,167 --> 00:10:02,250 Very sure! 200%! 127 00:10:02,250 --> 00:10:05,167 You know Brad Pitt and Leonardo? 128 00:10:05,167 --> 00:10:06,417 This is what they wear. 129 00:10:46,917 --> 00:10:49,833 There's reception till Gasa, 130 00:10:50,958 --> 00:10:52,875 I'll call you till then. 131 00:10:52,875 --> 00:10:56,292 After that I won't be able to reach you. 132 00:10:56,292 --> 00:10:58,958 I know that. 133 00:10:59,958 --> 00:11:03,500 Besides you are up there only for a few months. 134 00:11:03,917 --> 00:11:08,500 Next year we will go together to that beach... 135 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:09,583 What is it called? 136 00:11:10,042 --> 00:11:11,167 Bondi Beach! 137 00:11:11,625 --> 00:11:13,042 It comes on Baywatch. 138 00:11:17,292 --> 00:11:18,083 Bye. 139 00:11:21,208 --> 00:11:22,083 Okay then Grandma, 140 00:11:23,750 --> 00:11:24,625 don't worry about me. 141 00:11:26,792 --> 00:11:27,542 Tashi. 142 00:11:30,042 --> 00:11:31,250 Safe journey. 143 00:11:39,958 --> 00:11:40,958 Take this betel nut. 144 00:11:41,292 --> 00:11:42,958 I don't eat these disgusting things. 145 00:11:43,250 --> 00:11:45,542 It is cold up there, this will help you. 146 00:11:45,542 --> 00:11:46,417 Take it. 147 00:11:52,458 --> 00:11:53,333 Bye. 148 00:11:55,875 --> 00:11:57,208 See you guys soon. 149 00:13:41,250 --> 00:13:43,167 Gasa! Gasa! We are in Gasa! 150 00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:01,875 Hello. Are you Mr. Ugyen Dorji? 151 00:14:01,875 --> 00:14:02,792 Yes. Huh who are you? 152 00:14:02,792 --> 00:14:05,125 I am Michen from Lunana. 153 00:14:05,125 --> 00:14:07,167 The village headman sent me to receive you. 154 00:14:07,875 --> 00:14:10,125 The village headman knows of me? 155 00:14:10,125 --> 00:14:11,417 Of course he does, 156 00:14:11,417 --> 00:14:15,167 in fact all the villagers are excited about your arrival. 157 00:14:15,625 --> 00:14:19,208 Anyway please let me know if I can be of service to you. 158 00:14:19,542 --> 00:14:20,667 Let me take your bag. 159 00:14:23,792 --> 00:14:25,208 Give me his luggage. 160 00:14:32,833 --> 00:14:34,292 We will spend the night here. 161 00:14:34,750 --> 00:14:37,292 Tomorrow we start first thing in the morning for Lunana. 162 00:14:37,958 --> 00:14:42,208 Let's go inside, I have ordered dinner. 163 00:14:47,667 --> 00:14:48,375 Thank you. 164 00:14:50,792 --> 00:14:51,625 Your food. 165 00:15:08,125 --> 00:15:09,625 Gasa is always like this. 166 00:15:10,625 --> 00:15:14,000 The electricity always comes and goes. Very unreliable. 167 00:15:27,875 --> 00:15:29,292 You are really an expert with that. 168 00:15:38,125 --> 00:15:39,458 Please have a beetlenut. 169 00:15:41,333 --> 00:15:43,708 You don't eat? 170 00:15:43,708 --> 00:15:44,750 No I don't. 171 00:16:00,792 --> 00:16:05,042 This is Zam, Maja and Kasha. 172 00:16:05,583 --> 00:16:06,917 And this is my friend Singye. 173 00:16:07,208 --> 00:16:08,167 Good Morning Sir. 174 00:16:08,167 --> 00:16:08,792 Good morning. 175 00:16:08,792 --> 00:16:10,250 He is also from Lunana. 176 00:16:11,917 --> 00:16:16,833 Sorry for the delay, 177 00:16:17,750 --> 00:16:20,667 the village headman wanted us to do some shopping 178 00:16:21,208 --> 00:16:25,500 for your stay in Lunana. 179 00:16:25,958 --> 00:16:27,083 Shopping? 180 00:16:27,667 --> 00:16:28,625 What did you guys buy? 181 00:16:28,917 --> 00:16:31,167 Milk powder, sugar, 182 00:16:31,167 --> 00:16:34,125 and toilet necessities. 183 00:16:34,750 --> 00:16:39,375 We heard that city people can't shit without toilet paper. 184 00:16:39,958 --> 00:16:41,958 So we were worried for you. 185 00:16:42,542 --> 00:16:46,292 For us leaves do it. 186 00:17:01,750 --> 00:17:03,292 Will the walk up be hard? 187 00:17:03,292 --> 00:17:04,375 It will be easy. 188 00:17:05,417 --> 00:17:08,083 It will be a stroll along the river for the first six days. 189 00:17:08,083 --> 00:17:09,875 Then there is a little climb. 190 00:17:10,417 --> 00:17:14,083 As we reach up there, the walk is so nice. 191 00:17:14,083 --> 00:17:17,250 You will wish it never ends. 192 00:17:17,792 --> 00:17:18,500 Let's start. 193 00:17:55,167 --> 00:17:55,875 Hey. 194 00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:56,583 Yes? 195 00:17:57,250 --> 00:17:59,083 You said 196 00:17:59,083 --> 00:18:01,958 the walk will be a stroll by the river. 197 00:18:01,958 --> 00:18:02,667 Yes it is. 198 00:18:03,250 --> 00:18:04,208 But... 199 00:18:04,667 --> 00:18:07,458 we have been climbing up for over 3 hours. 200 00:18:07,917 --> 00:18:10,917 It's only a little bit more. It's easy. 201 00:18:13,625 --> 00:18:14,292 Okay. 202 00:18:40,333 --> 00:18:41,500 What's this? 203 00:18:42,167 --> 00:18:44,292 You said it will start to go down. 204 00:18:44,750 --> 00:18:46,500 It's been climbing the whole time. 205 00:18:46,833 --> 00:18:50,167 It will start to go down over there. 206 00:18:50,167 --> 00:18:51,958 You've been saying that the whole time! 207 00:18:52,542 --> 00:18:57,083 If we told you the path is always going up 208 00:18:57,792 --> 00:19:00,917 you would be discouraged, and find the walk even harder. 209 00:19:00,917 --> 00:19:02,750 You guys are just liars! 210 00:19:03,583 --> 00:19:06,125 That time you guys said that it would start going down. 211 00:19:06,125 --> 00:19:07,875 No matter how hard I push myself 212 00:19:07,875 --> 00:19:10,292 it's never going down! 213 00:19:10,958 --> 00:19:12,250 Please don't get angry. 214 00:19:31,458 --> 00:19:38,667 Here you go. It will help you walk. 215 00:19:39,292 --> 00:19:39,958 Yeah. 216 00:19:48,125 --> 00:19:48,750 Singye! 217 00:19:49,667 --> 00:19:50,375 Singye! 218 00:19:54,625 --> 00:19:55,750 Help the teacher with his bag. 219 00:19:55,750 --> 00:19:56,458 Okay okay. 220 00:20:01,417 --> 00:20:02,500 Let me take your bag. 221 00:20:08,250 --> 00:20:09,542 It was tiring huh? 222 00:20:10,792 --> 00:20:12,458 We spend the night here today. 223 00:20:12,458 --> 00:20:17,625 This is Phurba and his wife Yangchen. 224 00:20:17,625 --> 00:20:20,167 They run this place as a guesthouse 225 00:20:20,167 --> 00:20:22,833 for travelers trekking to Lunana. 226 00:20:22,833 --> 00:20:25,292 This is the last stop, and from tomorrow 227 00:20:25,292 --> 00:20:28,083 we will have to spend our nights in tents. 228 00:20:28,292 --> 00:20:31,792 Please serve the teacher your special rice wine. 229 00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:36,208 Yangchen's rice wine is very good. 230 00:20:38,667 --> 00:20:40,250 I'll have a cup too. 231 00:20:47,167 --> 00:20:49,042 Please have a second. 232 00:20:49,042 --> 00:20:50,042 No thank you. 233 00:20:50,708 --> 00:20:52,500 You have to have a second cup, it's the tradition. 234 00:20:52,500 --> 00:20:53,167 Please have. 235 00:20:54,125 --> 00:20:55,958 You must have. 236 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,375 Is the bamboo bowl for the teacher? 237 00:21:15,375 --> 00:21:15,958 Yes. 238 00:21:15,958 --> 00:21:17,042 Oh good. 239 00:21:54,792 --> 00:21:56,250 Don't you wear shoes? 240 00:21:57,042 --> 00:22:01,167 Outside is very cold and rocky. 241 00:22:01,917 --> 00:22:03,458 I have always been without shoes, 242 00:22:03,458 --> 00:22:05,167 so I find this more comfortable. 243 00:22:06,167 --> 00:22:11,083 And I don't have the money to buy shoes. 244 00:23:10,750 --> 00:23:11,917 Oh you are up. 245 00:23:12,667 --> 00:23:14,875 Did you sleep well last night? 246 00:23:14,875 --> 00:23:15,792 Yes I did. 247 00:23:17,750 --> 00:23:19,708 Yangchen! The teacher is up. 248 00:23:20,625 --> 00:23:22,125 Come, let's serve breakfast. 249 00:23:25,167 --> 00:23:27,250 Farewell Phurba. See you when we come back down. 250 00:23:27,417 --> 00:23:29,333 Be careful on the walk up. 251 00:23:30,125 --> 00:23:30,958 Bye bye. 252 00:23:31,417 --> 00:23:33,042 Take care. 253 00:24:03,708 --> 00:24:06,833 How come your shoes are so clean? 254 00:24:07,625 --> 00:24:08,708 Look at mine, 255 00:24:09,042 --> 00:24:11,708 people would think we were walking on different paths. 256 00:24:12,167 --> 00:24:15,125 It's because I avoid stepping in the mud. 257 00:24:15,875 --> 00:24:16,667 What are you saying? 258 00:24:17,250 --> 00:24:18,417 It's mud everywhere! 259 00:24:19,667 --> 00:24:22,625 I got my shoes in Thimphu 260 00:24:23,250 --> 00:24:27,625 The shopkeeper guaranteed it would be water and mud proof. 261 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:29,583 She lied. 262 00:24:30,042 --> 00:24:32,125 My socks are all wet. 263 00:24:33,167 --> 00:24:35,958 I have never worn any other shoes. 264 00:24:36,875 --> 00:24:40,625 When I first got these, I was so excited I slept in them. 265 00:24:41,292 --> 00:24:44,917 If I wore fancy shoes like yours, 266 00:24:45,792 --> 00:24:48,500 I probably wouldn't even know how to walk. 267 00:24:53,042 --> 00:24:54,750 Give me your hand. 268 00:24:58,458 --> 00:24:59,292 Walk along this. 269 00:25:11,625 --> 00:25:14,542 Here... let me put this on your feet. 270 00:25:14,792 --> 00:25:15,583 What's that? 271 00:25:15,792 --> 00:25:19,167 We always put this on sores and cuts. 272 00:25:20,500 --> 00:25:22,833 Don't worry, it will be fine. 273 00:25:28,292 --> 00:25:31,875 Your socks are wet, let me dry them for you. 274 00:25:32,542 --> 00:25:33,375 Thank you. 275 00:25:41,625 --> 00:25:54,958 Like milk in a porcelain cup, 276 00:25:55,167 --> 00:25:59,333 the heart is pure. 277 00:26:00,375 --> 00:26:07,667 So pure that even if the cup breaks, 278 00:26:08,125 --> 00:26:12,042 the milk remains milk. 279 00:26:12,625 --> 00:26:14,708 You two can really sing. 280 00:26:15,125 --> 00:26:18,083 We are yak herders. 281 00:26:18,958 --> 00:26:22,958 We have to be able to sing. 282 00:26:23,292 --> 00:26:25,083 Sing with us. 283 00:26:27,750 --> 00:26:29,083 I don't sing such songs. 284 00:26:30,583 --> 00:26:31,250 Okay then. 285 00:26:32,583 --> 00:26:45,167 Like milk in a porcelain cup, 286 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:50,625 the heart is pure. 287 00:26:50,625 --> 00:26:58,583 So pure that even if the cup breaks, 288 00:26:58,792 --> 00:27:08,417 the milk remains milk. 289 00:27:14,417 --> 00:27:15,250 Sir! 290 00:27:16,125 --> 00:27:16,750 Sir! 291 00:27:18,042 --> 00:27:18,875 Breakfast is ready. 292 00:27:19,083 --> 00:27:20,042 Okay coming! 293 00:28:22,042 --> 00:28:26,375 This bird comes when the spring flowers bloom 294 00:28:27,125 --> 00:28:31,125 so when we see her in winter 295 00:28:31,542 --> 00:28:36,000 we feel so happy because she tells us that spring is coming. 296 00:28:53,375 --> 00:29:04,500 As we cross each pass, we hoist the flags of the wind horse 297 00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:09,833 Oh victorious mother of passes, please accept our offerings 298 00:29:20,083 --> 00:29:20,667 Hey. 299 00:29:21,250 --> 00:29:22,083 Yes? 300 00:29:22,083 --> 00:29:23,500 What are you two doing? 301 00:29:25,875 --> 00:29:29,375 We have reached the last pass before Lunana. 302 00:29:29,375 --> 00:29:30,792 So we are paying our respects. 303 00:29:38,417 --> 00:29:39,542 We are getting late. 304 00:29:41,083 --> 00:29:42,667 Maybe it's better we keep walking, no? 305 00:29:45,208 --> 00:29:50,500 We believe mountain passes are abodes of the protectors. 306 00:29:51,375 --> 00:29:55,583 So we must make offerings and pay our respects 307 00:29:55,583 --> 00:29:57,708 for the safe journey. 308 00:29:57,875 --> 00:30:03,417 So we offer incense, and make different offerings. 309 00:30:22,625 --> 00:30:25,875 Victory to the Gods! 310 00:30:33,125 --> 00:30:33,750 Sir, here... 311 00:30:35,750 --> 00:30:38,500 you should place a stone on this pile. 312 00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:41,750 Every traveler who has traveled through this pass 313 00:30:42,667 --> 00:30:46,125 places a stone as a symbolic offering 314 00:30:46,125 --> 00:30:50,167 for safe passage and 315 00:30:50,167 --> 00:30:52,875 to wish for you 316 00:30:53,542 --> 00:30:56,208 to return one day. 317 00:30:57,250 --> 00:30:58,292 Here offer it. 318 00:31:06,375 --> 00:31:07,208 Oh well then. 319 00:31:46,958 --> 00:31:49,417 When I was a child, all these mountains 320 00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:52,875 would be covered in snow and ice. 321 00:31:53,375 --> 00:31:58,625 But now, we never see them white. 322 00:32:02,042 --> 00:32:03,917 This is called global warming. 323 00:32:03,917 --> 00:32:04,958 What? 324 00:32:04,958 --> 00:32:05,958 Global warming. 325 00:32:06,750 --> 00:32:08,500 I don't know what you mean 326 00:32:09,250 --> 00:32:11,292 by this 'global warming' 327 00:32:12,625 --> 00:32:14,333 But I do know that snow and ice 328 00:32:14,333 --> 00:32:16,125 are the abode of the mythical snow lion. 329 00:32:16,625 --> 00:32:18,792 But with less snow and ice every year, 330 00:32:21,792 --> 00:32:24,750 she is losing her home. 331 00:32:25,625 --> 00:32:27,875 I worry that soon the snow lion 332 00:32:30,042 --> 00:32:33,250 will forever disappear from our world. 333 00:32:41,125 --> 00:32:45,000 Like water in a vase, 334 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:49,167 the heart is clear. 335 00:32:49,167 --> 00:32:53,708 So clear that infinite beauty 336 00:32:54,875 --> 00:32:59,542 is reflected in its depth. 337 00:33:01,208 --> 00:33:04,125 Like water in a vase, 338 00:33:04,125 --> 00:33:08,458 the heart is clear. 339 00:33:08,458 --> 00:33:11,583 So clear that infinite beauty 340 00:33:11,583 --> 00:33:14,500 is reflected in its depth. 341 00:33:28,792 --> 00:33:30,375 What are those people doing? 342 00:33:31,333 --> 00:33:33,333 They have come to receive you. 343 00:33:34,667 --> 00:33:36,042 Have we reached Lunana? 344 00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:38,875 Oh no, we still have about 2 hours to go 345 00:33:39,292 --> 00:33:40,750 but since this is your first time here, 346 00:33:40,750 --> 00:33:43,750 the village has come to welcome you. 347 00:33:54,250 --> 00:33:56,750 This is our village headman, Asha Gup Jinpa. 348 00:33:56,750 --> 00:33:57,792 Hello. 349 00:33:58,500 --> 00:34:02,375 On behalf of all the people in Lunana, 350 00:34:02,375 --> 00:34:05,583 I want to welcome you to Lunana. 351 00:34:05,875 --> 00:34:06,833 Please come. 352 00:34:17,750 --> 00:34:20,375 You are our teacher, 353 00:34:20,375 --> 00:34:23,750 I have hope that you will give these children 354 00:34:23,750 --> 00:34:27,667 the education they need to become more 355 00:34:27,667 --> 00:34:32,292 than just yak herders and cordycep gatherers. 356 00:34:33,625 --> 00:34:35,042 Bring some tea. 357 00:34:35,958 --> 00:34:36,750 Thank you. 358 00:34:57,500 --> 00:35:00,292 If you have finished, shall we go? 359 00:35:54,125 --> 00:35:55,542 This is our school. 360 00:35:56,875 --> 00:35:57,958 Oh this is it? 361 00:36:31,792 --> 00:36:35,000 This is the classroom 362 00:36:36,292 --> 00:36:38,833 We don't have much 363 00:36:39,292 --> 00:36:43,083 but the children are very interested in studying 364 00:36:43,500 --> 00:36:46,125 and are excited that you have come. 365 00:36:52,458 --> 00:36:53,875 Let's go to your room. 366 00:37:40,375 --> 00:37:42,375 This is your room. 367 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,167 The winds here can be very cold 368 00:37:48,167 --> 00:37:51,625 so we have covered the windows with thick traditional papers. 369 00:37:52,167 --> 00:37:54,292 The toilet is outside. 370 00:37:54,958 --> 00:37:57,292 The previous teacher left a trunk 371 00:37:58,500 --> 00:38:01,417 it has some of his teaching materials. 372 00:38:05,667 --> 00:38:08,625 Asha, I'll be honest with you 373 00:38:09,500 --> 00:38:11,500 I don't know how I can even teach here 374 00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:15,625 Do you know 375 00:38:15,625 --> 00:38:17,875 this is the world's most remote school? 376 00:38:19,958 --> 00:38:22,167 I don’t know 377 00:38:22,833 --> 00:38:24,125 how the previous teacher even taught. 378 00:38:24,125 --> 00:38:25,958 This is not for me. 379 00:38:26,208 --> 00:38:29,208 I don't want to be here. 380 00:38:29,208 --> 00:38:30,792 I really want to go back. 381 00:38:39,625 --> 00:38:42,708 Enough now! You guys should go away! 382 00:38:43,292 --> 00:38:44,875 Let the teacher rest. 383 00:38:46,167 --> 00:38:47,750 I said to leave. Go now. 384 00:38:50,125 --> 00:38:51,125 Go, go, go. 385 00:38:52,125 --> 00:38:54,750 I told them I didn't want to be a teacher. 386 00:39:03,042 --> 00:39:08,167 Michen, Sing ye and the horses need to rest. 387 00:39:08,167 --> 00:39:10,958 After a few days, they can take you back. 388 00:39:11,167 --> 00:39:12,250 But Asha, 389 00:39:12,750 --> 00:39:15,542 our village needs a teacher. 390 00:39:15,542 --> 00:39:18,958 It's okay Michen. We should also leave. 391 00:41:01,667 --> 00:41:03,792 'Betelnut will help with the cold', he said. 392 00:41:04,250 --> 00:41:05,250 Let's see. 393 00:41:28,375 --> 00:41:29,250 Who is it? 394 00:41:33,500 --> 00:41:34,708 Coming! 395 00:41:42,167 --> 00:41:43,417 Good morning, Sir. 396 00:41:44,542 --> 00:41:46,208 Who are you? 397 00:41:46,208 --> 00:41:48,958 I am Pem Zam, I am the class captain. 398 00:41:49,542 --> 00:41:50,542 The class what? 399 00:41:50,542 --> 00:41:51,875 The class captain. 400 00:41:52,458 --> 00:41:53,917 So? What do you want from me? 401 00:41:53,917 --> 00:41:55,917 Our class starts at 8:30 a.m. 402 00:41:55,917 --> 00:41:57,792 it's now 9:00 a.m. 403 00:41:58,042 --> 00:42:02,750 Since you weren't coming, I came to check on you. 404 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:04,875 Class? Today? 405 00:42:04,875 --> 00:42:05,625 Yes there is. 406 00:42:09,125 --> 00:42:11,208 Go back to class, I'll come. 407 00:42:40,500 --> 00:42:43,250 Good morning, Sir. 408 00:42:45,583 --> 00:42:46,167 Sit down. 409 00:42:46,167 --> 00:42:48,375 Thank you Sir. 410 00:42:50,917 --> 00:42:54,292 Huh... since today is the first day of class, 411 00:42:55,292 --> 00:42:57,708 we will introduce each other, okay? 412 00:42:58,167 --> 00:42:59,542 I'll start first. 413 00:43:00,833 --> 00:43:05,208 My name is Ugyen Dorji and... 414 00:43:07,375 --> 00:43:09,083 Pem Zam, where is the blackboard? 415 00:43:09,083 --> 00:43:10,250 The what? 416 00:43:13,167 --> 00:43:13,917 Never mind. 417 00:43:15,333 --> 00:43:17,417 My name is Ugyen Dorji 418 00:43:19,750 --> 00:43:21,958 and I am the new teacher here. 419 00:43:22,542 --> 00:43:23,875 I come from Thimphu. 420 00:43:23,875 --> 00:43:27,208 This is my first time in Lunana. 421 00:43:27,833 --> 00:43:29,542 Now let's introduce ourselves. 422 00:43:29,958 --> 00:43:31,417 You, what's your name? 423 00:43:31,417 --> 00:43:33,125 My name is Pema. 424 00:43:34,375 --> 00:43:36,250 What do you want to do when you grow up? 425 00:43:36,625 --> 00:43:39,042 When I grow up, I want to work for the government. 426 00:43:39,750 --> 00:43:40,750 Why? 427 00:43:40,750 --> 00:43:42,875 I want to serve our King. 428 00:43:44,167 --> 00:43:45,750 Oh that's very good. 429 00:43:47,833 --> 00:43:50,667 Pem Zam? What do you want to do when you grow up? 430 00:43:51,208 --> 00:43:54,333 When I grow up, I want to become a singer. 431 00:43:54,958 --> 00:43:58,125 Okay then, sing us a song. 432 00:44:01,375 --> 00:44:04,042 All of us are going to listen to Pem Zam. 433 00:44:32,625 --> 00:44:34,875 So what's your name? 434 00:44:34,875 --> 00:44:36,583 My name is Sangay Dorji, 435 00:44:36,583 --> 00:44:39,542 when I grow up I want to be a teacher like you. 436 00:44:39,875 --> 00:44:40,667 Teacher? 437 00:44:41,542 --> 00:44:42,250 Why? 438 00:44:42,250 --> 00:44:44,250 I want to become a teacher 439 00:44:44,250 --> 00:44:47,375 because a teacher touches the future. 440 00:44:47,750 --> 00:44:49,000 Touch the future? 441 00:44:52,125 --> 00:44:55,625 It's good you want to be a teacher 442 00:44:55,625 --> 00:44:57,708 then city teachers like myself 443 00:44:57,708 --> 00:44:59,417 don't have to come up here. 444 00:45:03,833 --> 00:45:06,375 I have nothing to teach today 445 00:45:06,958 --> 00:45:08,792 so take the day off. 446 00:45:10,333 --> 00:45:13,500 Go and help your family. 447 00:45:14,208 --> 00:45:16,375 Thank you Sir. 448 00:45:20,042 --> 00:45:21,458 Hey class captain. 449 00:45:24,417 --> 00:45:26,417 What did the previous teacher teach? 450 00:45:26,417 --> 00:45:29,833 He taught us English, maths and Dzongkha. 451 00:45:29,833 --> 00:45:33,292 The textbooks are in the trunk in your room. 452 00:45:33,542 --> 00:45:37,250 Oh okay. I'll take a look later. 453 00:45:46,167 --> 00:45:47,875 Oh that's Saldon. 454 00:45:48,167 --> 00:45:50,750 She is singing Yak Lebi Lhadar. 455 00:45:52,542 --> 00:45:53,667 Singing the what? 456 00:45:53,667 --> 00:45:55,292 Yak Lebi Lhadar. 457 00:45:55,833 --> 00:46:00,208 She is one of the best singers in our village. 458 00:46:03,875 --> 00:46:06,458 Okay, you should go home now. 459 00:46:17,750 --> 00:46:19,958 This is our school's bell 460 00:46:19,958 --> 00:46:21,667 You have to ring it at 8:30 in the morning 461 00:46:21,667 --> 00:46:23,542 and at 3:00 in the afternoon. 462 00:46:25,083 --> 00:46:29,375 Okay, thank you Pem Zam. Go home now. 463 00:46:48,542 --> 00:46:49,500 Who is it? 464 00:46:51,375 --> 00:46:52,375 Hello. 465 00:46:52,375 --> 00:46:53,333 Oh Michen. 466 00:46:56,375 --> 00:46:56,875 Sit. 467 00:46:56,875 --> 00:46:57,500 Okay. 468 00:46:59,875 --> 00:47:05,167 Here is some rice, butter and cheese. 469 00:47:05,708 --> 00:47:08,417 All the villagers contributed for you. 470 00:47:09,292 --> 00:47:12,667 Oh, I was trying to charge my things. 471 00:47:13,958 --> 00:47:14,958 But it doesn't seem to work. 472 00:47:15,667 --> 00:47:18,125 It's all solar here, 473 00:47:18,375 --> 00:47:20,667 It works sometimes, sometimes it doesn't. 474 00:47:24,500 --> 00:47:26,500 I was woken up this morning by Pem Zam. 475 00:47:27,875 --> 00:47:30,417 The kids were all waiting for me in the classroom. 476 00:47:30,417 --> 00:47:32,042 Oh so you had class? 477 00:47:32,417 --> 00:47:34,125 Yes I had. 478 00:47:35,875 --> 00:47:39,417 Looks like Pem Zam will be waking me up everyday. 479 00:47:39,417 --> 00:47:42,458 She is Wangda's daughter. 480 00:47:42,792 --> 00:47:44,333 She is quite the smart one. 481 00:47:44,333 --> 00:47:46,625 Yes, she is quite smart. 482 00:47:49,750 --> 00:47:51,833 Were you trying to make a fire? 483 00:47:52,500 --> 00:47:57,292 Yeah, I was going to make myself some hot tea. 484 00:47:57,958 --> 00:47:59,125 But I couldn't start a fire. 485 00:47:59,708 --> 00:48:04,542 Maybe I'll burn papers to start the fire. 486 00:48:06,375 --> 00:48:09,000 Burning paper in Lunana would be like burning money. 487 00:48:09,542 --> 00:48:11,500 We start our fires with yak dungs. 488 00:48:11,500 --> 00:48:12,500 Yak dungs? 489 00:48:12,500 --> 00:48:13,708 Yes yak dungs. 490 00:48:14,292 --> 00:48:15,333 Can you show me how to? 491 00:48:15,333 --> 00:48:16,833 Of course, I'll be happy to. 492 00:48:34,917 --> 00:48:35,583 Michen, 493 00:48:35,583 --> 00:48:36,167 Yes? 494 00:48:37,042 --> 00:48:38,583 What is that up there? 495 00:48:38,583 --> 00:48:40,167 What? The round thing? 496 00:48:40,500 --> 00:48:40,917 Yes. 497 00:48:41,167 --> 00:48:42,625 Oh it's for the kids to play with. 498 00:48:44,875 --> 00:48:45,958 For kids to play with?! 499 00:48:45,958 --> 00:48:46,875 Yes. 500 00:48:51,208 --> 00:48:53,250 Sir, this is Grandma Tashi. 501 00:48:53,250 --> 00:48:55,667 She walked from another mountain range 502 00:48:55,667 --> 00:48:58,375 to make a request to you. 503 00:49:00,792 --> 00:49:04,750 I heard there was a new teacher here in Lunana. 504 00:49:05,583 --> 00:49:08,042 We don't have a school in our village, 505 00:49:08,042 --> 00:49:09,625 so I have brought my granddaughter here 506 00:49:09,625 --> 00:49:11,875 hoping she could get an education. 507 00:49:17,500 --> 00:49:18,625 Hey Wangda! 508 00:49:20,958 --> 00:49:24,917 Wangda! How many times do I have to tell you not to drink this much! 509 00:49:26,167 --> 00:49:28,708 Can you stay sober for Pem Zam's sake? 510 00:49:30,917 --> 00:49:31,917 Oh is this Pem Zam's father? 511 00:49:32,125 --> 00:49:34,875 He's always drunk, from sunrise to sunset. 512 00:49:35,750 --> 00:49:37,042 A real hopeless case. 513 00:49:37,958 --> 00:49:39,125 Useless man. 514 00:49:43,250 --> 00:49:45,250 Can you stop being like this. 515 00:49:46,208 --> 00:49:49,250 Come Sir, let's go. He never listens. 516 00:50:02,500 --> 00:50:04,417 This is my wife Gyem Lham. 517 00:50:07,208 --> 00:50:08,292 What is this Michen?! 518 00:50:08,292 --> 00:50:12,458 You didn't even tell me the teacher is coming by. 519 00:50:12,458 --> 00:50:14,083 All you have is this big body, with an empty head! 520 00:50:14,083 --> 00:50:15,792 You idiot! 521 00:50:16,792 --> 00:50:17,792 Good Morning, Sir. 522 00:50:18,500 --> 00:50:20,000 Good Morning Gyem Lham. 523 00:50:20,333 --> 00:50:24,000 You know the moment I saw her, 524 00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:26,292 I knew I had to marry her. 525 00:50:26,292 --> 00:50:28,750 She was so tough and refused all my advances. 526 00:50:28,750 --> 00:50:32,250 She only agreed to marry me 527 00:50:32,250 --> 00:50:35,333 after I sang her a song. 528 00:50:35,333 --> 00:50:36,875 Which song did you sing? 529 00:50:36,875 --> 00:50:40,583 Remember me and Singye sang a song by the riverside? 530 00:50:40,583 --> 00:50:41,583 Rangsem. 531 00:50:41,583 --> 00:50:42,875 Oh yes. 532 00:50:42,875 --> 00:50:45,333 Yes that one. 533 00:50:45,333 --> 00:50:46,833 The moment I sang that song for her, 534 00:50:46,833 --> 00:50:49,875 she totally lost it for me. 535 00:50:50,958 --> 00:50:51,875 Come. 536 00:50:51,875 --> 00:50:53,083 Okay Gyem Lham. 537 00:51:00,375 --> 00:51:03,375 Here... this is how we dry yak dungs. 538 00:51:09,292 --> 00:51:10,875 If you use these, 539 00:51:11,625 --> 00:51:13,917 you don't need to burn papers. 540 00:51:15,958 --> 00:51:17,042 Thank you. 541 00:51:17,750 --> 00:51:20,667 I'll show you how to start a fire with these. 542 00:51:21,208 --> 00:51:22,083 Come in. 543 00:51:36,167 --> 00:51:37,875 So you take them like this, 544 00:51:37,875 --> 00:51:40,125 and start lighting them from the side. 545 00:51:40,958 --> 00:51:42,750 It will then burn on their own. 546 00:51:44,708 --> 00:51:46,208 For us, we want to make sure 547 00:51:46,208 --> 00:51:52,667 that you are comfortable and warm here. 548 00:51:54,458 --> 00:51:57,000 You all are too respectful, 549 00:51:57,667 --> 00:52:00,792 my friends would find it so funny. 550 00:52:00,792 --> 00:52:02,833 Well, you are a teacher. 551 00:52:03,375 --> 00:52:05,292 A teacher is like anyone else. 552 00:52:06,167 --> 00:52:07,375 You can't compare 553 00:52:07,750 --> 00:52:09,125 as a teacher you can touch... 554 00:52:09,875 --> 00:52:12,667 the future. 555 00:52:12,667 --> 00:52:14,667 How did you know I would say that? 556 00:52:15,375 --> 00:52:17,750 This morning, the little boy said it. 557 00:52:17,750 --> 00:52:20,667 Asha always says that 558 00:52:21,333 --> 00:52:23,875 every teacher must be treated respectfully 559 00:52:24,625 --> 00:52:27,625 because they can touch our futures.' 560 00:52:27,875 --> 00:52:30,167 When I was studying to be a teacher 561 00:52:30,167 --> 00:52:31,875 no one told us that. 562 00:52:59,125 --> 00:53:00,167 Pem Zam! 563 00:53:04,542 --> 00:53:05,792 Yes teacher? 564 00:53:07,250 --> 00:53:08,750 What are you carrying? 565 00:53:08,750 --> 00:53:11,792 I collected incense for my grandmother. 566 00:53:12,500 --> 00:53:14,125 Who is there at your home? 567 00:53:14,125 --> 00:53:16,167 Father and mother have separated, 568 00:53:16,167 --> 00:53:19,958 father is usually drunk and gambling, 569 00:53:19,958 --> 00:53:23,667 mother is away with the yaks. 570 00:53:25,958 --> 00:53:28,083 So I live with my grandmother right now. 571 00:53:28,958 --> 00:53:30,083 Pem Zam! 572 00:53:31,125 --> 00:53:32,375 Lets go! 573 00:53:32,625 --> 00:53:34,375 Teacher, I need to go. 574 00:53:34,375 --> 00:53:35,583 Okay Pem Zam. 575 00:55:01,875 --> 00:55:05,292 Let's begin the day with the national anthem, okay? 576 00:55:05,292 --> 00:55:06,875 Okay teacher. 577 00:55:07,250 --> 00:55:08,292 Class captain. 578 00:55:08,958 --> 00:55:10,250 Stand at ease! 579 00:55:10,625 --> 00:55:11,917 Attention! 580 00:55:17,500 --> 00:55:20,125 National anthem! 1, 2, 3 581 00:55:20,125 --> 00:55:26,958 In the thunder dragon kingdom, 582 00:55:26,958 --> 00:55:31,875 adorned with sandalwood, 583 00:55:31,875 --> 00:55:37,625 the protector who guards, 584 00:55:37,625 --> 00:55:46,292 the teachings of the dual system... 585 00:55:47,875 --> 00:55:49,250 Stand at ease! 586 00:55:49,625 --> 00:55:52,750 Okay let's go to the classroom now. 587 00:55:53,750 --> 00:55:54,875 Attention! 588 00:55:55,958 --> 00:55:57,250 Huh it's okay... go inside. 589 00:56:01,917 --> 00:56:04,875 Since you don't have note books 590 00:56:04,875 --> 00:56:07,375 I brought you paper and pencils. 591 00:56:07,375 --> 00:56:10,125 So class captain, please distribute these. 592 00:56:12,292 --> 00:56:13,292 Take them. 593 00:56:16,750 --> 00:56:20,292 Schools usually have something called a blackboard. 594 00:56:20,292 --> 00:56:22,667 Since we don't have one, 595 00:56:22,667 --> 00:56:25,333 I will write on the wall. 596 00:56:37,417 --> 00:56:40,292 Everyone, please copy down what I am writing. 597 00:56:40,292 --> 00:56:41,833 Okay. 598 00:56:42,125 --> 00:56:48,250 1 plus 1 equals to? 599 00:56:48,250 --> 00:56:49,125 2 600 00:56:49,125 --> 00:56:50,250 Yes 2. 601 00:56:51,542 --> 00:56:56,250 2 plus 2 equals to? 602 00:56:56,250 --> 00:56:56,917 4 603 00:57:02,250 --> 00:57:07,958 3 plus 3 equals to? 604 00:57:07,958 --> 00:57:08,875 6 605 00:57:08,875 --> 00:57:10,667 Yes, write it down. 606 00:57:12,250 --> 00:57:17,917 4 plus 4 equals to? 607 00:57:17,917 --> 00:57:22,625 Oh! Singye. Teacher is teaching. 608 00:57:22,625 --> 00:57:27,875 So good! Children must be so happy. 609 00:57:27,875 --> 00:57:29,417 Yeah they must be. 610 00:57:38,958 --> 00:57:40,125 Excuse me. 611 00:57:40,125 --> 00:57:40,792 Yes? 612 00:57:41,375 --> 00:57:43,500 Is there a way to go up? 613 00:57:43,500 --> 00:57:44,500 Yes there is. 614 00:57:44,500 --> 00:57:45,583 Which way is it? 615 00:57:45,583 --> 00:57:47,917 You just follow this path up. 616 00:57:48,708 --> 00:57:49,375 This way up? 617 00:57:49,375 --> 00:57:50,042 Yes that way. 618 00:58:58,500 --> 00:58:59,542 I am sorry. 619 00:59:03,042 --> 00:59:06,000 You were singing here yesterday right? 620 00:59:06,708 --> 00:59:09,292 I was up there... collecting yak dungs. 621 00:59:13,083 --> 00:59:15,542 I am the new... 622 00:59:15,542 --> 00:59:18,250 The new school teacher, I know. 623 00:59:29,750 --> 00:59:31,125 You must be Saldon. 624 00:59:32,500 --> 00:59:33,917 Pem Zam told me. 625 00:59:36,250 --> 00:59:38,417 Do you always sing from here? 626 00:59:39,375 --> 00:59:40,833 Why do you do that? 627 00:59:40,833 --> 00:59:43,083 Just like that... offering of songs. 628 00:59:59,625 --> 01:00:00,833 Hey! Wait! 629 01:00:02,958 --> 01:00:07,417 What do you mean by offering? I don't understand. 630 01:00:09,417 --> 01:00:13,375 It's a song I offer to all beings, 631 01:00:13,375 --> 01:00:14,917 to all the people, 632 01:00:14,917 --> 01:00:17,042 to the animals, the gods, 633 01:00:17,042 --> 01:00:18,708 to all the spirits in our valley. 634 01:00:19,042 --> 01:00:20,458 What do you mean? 635 01:00:21,708 --> 01:00:24,833 When the black-necked cranes sing, 636 01:00:24,833 --> 01:00:26,583 they sing not worrying 637 01:00:26,583 --> 01:00:29,083 who hears or what others think. 638 01:00:29,083 --> 01:00:31,208 They sing to offer. I want to sing like that. 639 01:00:36,667 --> 01:00:40,208 Oh can you teach me the song? 640 01:00:40,208 --> 01:00:43,042 You want to learn Yak Lebi Lhadar? 641 01:00:43,042 --> 01:00:44,000 Yes. 642 01:00:45,500 --> 01:00:47,500 Okay... one day then. 643 01:00:48,250 --> 01:00:50,625 You should pick up the dried ones. 644 01:00:51,708 --> 01:00:53,292 The dried yak dungs. 645 01:00:53,292 --> 01:00:57,833 Oh yes... the dried ones. 646 01:01:09,750 --> 01:01:10,792 Come in Sir. 647 01:01:13,042 --> 01:01:14,625 Good evening Asha. 648 01:01:14,625 --> 01:01:15,708 Hello Sir. 649 01:01:19,125 --> 01:01:20,167 Please sit. 650 01:01:25,375 --> 01:01:28,500 This is my daughter Biddha. 651 01:01:28,500 --> 01:01:30,458 She looks after everything in the house. 652 01:01:37,583 --> 01:01:39,750 Asha where is your wife? 653 01:01:41,167 --> 01:01:42,542 My wife died. 654 01:01:42,542 --> 01:01:45,958 She died when Biddha was ten. 655 01:01:47,250 --> 01:01:48,667 She was expecting, 656 01:01:48,667 --> 01:01:53,500 both her and my unborn son passed away. 657 01:01:55,750 --> 01:02:00,792 This photo was taken in Gasa. 658 01:02:13,792 --> 01:02:15,875 Father, dinner is ready. 659 01:02:15,875 --> 01:02:20,042 Please serve our teacher in the wooden bowl. 660 01:02:20,917 --> 01:02:23,042 Asha, you don't have to do that. 661 01:02:23,042 --> 01:02:24,458 I can eat in anything. 662 01:02:24,458 --> 01:02:26,833 No, you must eat in the wooden bowl. 663 01:02:44,542 --> 01:02:47,375 Sir, are you able to eat? 664 01:02:49,500 --> 01:02:52,708 What is this? 665 01:02:54,583 --> 01:02:55,833 It's shoes. 666 01:02:56,125 --> 01:02:57,042 Shoes? 667 01:02:57,042 --> 01:02:59,375 This Singye is always saying disgusting things! 668 01:03:00,958 --> 01:03:01,875 Asha 669 01:03:02,833 --> 01:03:04,125 I haven't had this kind of feast 670 01:03:04,125 --> 01:03:06,792 since New Year. 671 01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:18,167 When I was little, 672 01:03:18,708 --> 01:03:23,417 my grandmother would always let me eat from her wooden bowl. 673 01:03:24,708 --> 01:03:25,542 Food is always better 674 01:03:25,542 --> 01:03:27,250 in wooden bowls. 675 01:03:30,208 --> 01:03:32,333 Even right now eating in your bowl, 676 01:03:32,917 --> 01:03:36,250 the food tastes just as it did back then. 677 01:03:37,500 --> 01:03:41,750 I miss my Grandma right now. 678 01:04:12,125 --> 01:04:13,417 Good afternoon teacher. 679 01:04:14,125 --> 01:04:15,417 Good afternoon Asha. 680 01:04:15,417 --> 01:04:17,958 Oh Michen has come too. 681 01:04:24,917 --> 01:04:26,792 What are you up to? 682 01:04:26,792 --> 01:04:30,250 I am preparing for tomorrow's lessons. 683 01:04:32,417 --> 01:04:36,500 Actually, we came to inform you, 684 01:04:36,500 --> 01:04:38,875 we are ready to go back to Gasa. 685 01:04:38,875 --> 01:04:41,792 We can start whenever you wish. 686 01:04:47,792 --> 01:04:48,792 Well Asha, 687 01:04:49,250 --> 01:04:51,875 I think I'll stay back. 688 01:04:52,667 --> 01:04:56,292 It would be a pity to leave the kids now. 689 01:04:56,750 --> 01:04:59,167 Plus I would get into trouble with the ministry 690 01:04:59,167 --> 01:05:01,292 if I didn't finish my term. 691 01:05:02,042 --> 01:05:03,542 This is so good! 692 01:05:03,542 --> 01:05:05,833 Sir, this is the best decision for everyone. 693 01:05:05,833 --> 01:05:09,542 Don't worry, we are here to help you with anything you need. 694 01:05:09,958 --> 01:05:12,458 Just let us know. 695 01:05:18,708 --> 01:05:20,792 Actually, I do need help with something. 696 01:06:09,042 --> 01:06:10,792 So...this is a blackboard. 697 01:06:10,792 --> 01:06:12,500 Okay teacher. 698 01:06:12,500 --> 01:06:18,500 We will write on it with this okay? 699 01:06:18,500 --> 01:06:19,958 Okay. 700 01:06:20,417 --> 01:06:22,125 Do you all know what this is? 701 01:06:22,750 --> 01:06:24,667 It looks like dog poop. 702 01:06:38,917 --> 01:06:39,750 Good. 703 01:06:40,292 --> 01:06:41,375 Pem Zam. 704 01:07:38,625 --> 01:07:39,333 Good afternoon Asha. 705 01:07:39,333 --> 01:07:41,125 Oh hello Sir. 706 01:07:48,042 --> 01:07:52,625 Saldon just came over with fresh cheese 707 01:07:52,625 --> 01:07:56,958 and now you visit, how auspicious. 708 01:07:57,292 --> 01:07:59,250 Please offer to the teacher. 709 01:08:16,917 --> 01:08:21,958 I have known Saldon's mother for a long time, 710 01:08:21,958 --> 01:08:23,875 She is like my sister. 711 01:08:23,875 --> 01:08:26,125 When she was young, she went to collect wood, 712 01:08:26,125 --> 01:08:28,792 she had an accident and broke her leg. 713 01:08:29,542 --> 01:08:32,458 The entire village came to help her. 714 01:08:32,792 --> 01:08:35,500 I used to cry all the time 715 01:08:35,500 --> 01:08:37,125 Asha would sing 716 01:08:37,125 --> 01:08:38,708 to soothe my crying. 717 01:08:38,708 --> 01:08:41,458 Oh Asha you are also a singer? 718 01:08:41,750 --> 01:08:44,417 Oh I don't have the voice, 719 01:08:44,417 --> 01:08:47,292 but for her sake I had to sing. 720 01:08:52,125 --> 01:08:54,417 Asha, I'll go now. 721 01:08:54,417 --> 01:08:56,667 My yaks should be coming home now. 722 01:08:57,375 --> 01:08:58,500 Goodbye Sir. 723 01:08:58,500 --> 01:08:59,667 Bye Saldon. 724 01:09:15,958 --> 01:09:18,625 Asha, I came to see you because 725 01:09:18,625 --> 01:09:21,083 I wanted to know if anyone is going to Gasa. 726 01:09:21,083 --> 01:09:22,458 Oh what happened? 727 01:09:23,750 --> 01:09:27,667 I wanted to send a letter to my friend in Thimphu, 728 01:09:27,667 --> 01:09:29,875 to ask him to send some supplies for the school. 729 01:09:30,167 --> 01:09:34,750 Don't worry, I'll send someone over to you. 730 01:09:35,542 --> 01:09:37,167 Great. Thank you Asha. 731 01:09:39,125 --> 01:09:42,958 You have benefited the children so much. 732 01:09:42,958 --> 01:09:47,083 All the villagers are also very happy. 733 01:09:47,083 --> 01:09:49,375 I am happy to be here. 734 01:09:49,542 --> 01:09:51,625 I guess there is a karmic connection. 735 01:09:52,792 --> 01:09:57,625 Yes, maybe I was a yak herder in my previous life. 736 01:09:57,625 --> 01:10:00,750 No, you were more than just a yak herder. 737 01:10:01,250 --> 01:10:02,958 Maybe you were a yak in your previous life. 738 01:10:02,958 --> 01:10:04,125 A yak?! 739 01:10:04,125 --> 01:10:07,250 Yaks are so beneficial to us. 740 01:10:14,500 --> 01:10:15,667 Oh Saldon. 741 01:10:23,125 --> 01:10:24,625 Why is there a yak in the classroom? 742 01:10:24,625 --> 01:10:28,375 This is Norbu. He is our oldest yak. 743 01:10:28,958 --> 01:10:30,417 I brought him for you. 744 01:10:31,125 --> 01:10:33,500 For me? What am I to do with a yak? 745 01:10:34,083 --> 01:10:37,458 You are always climbing up the mountain 746 01:10:37,458 --> 01:10:39,250 to pick up dungs. So he is for you. 747 01:10:39,250 --> 01:10:41,917 Since he gives us his precious dungs 748 01:10:41,917 --> 01:10:46,292 his name is Norbu. 749 01:10:46,833 --> 01:10:49,833 I don't think we can keep him in the classroom. 750 01:10:49,833 --> 01:10:51,292 Can I tie him outside? 751 01:10:52,125 --> 01:10:53,250 No you can't. 752 01:10:54,250 --> 01:10:56,667 It's too cold outside. 753 01:10:57,250 --> 01:10:58,625 Yaks can feel cold? 754 01:10:58,625 --> 01:11:01,875 Of course they can. Please keep him inside. 755 01:11:02,542 --> 01:11:08,875 You can feed him according to how much dung you need. 756 01:11:14,167 --> 01:11:17,042 Here, the lyrics for Yak Lebi Lhadar. 757 01:11:30,583 --> 01:11:32,000 Hey wait! 758 01:11:35,167 --> 01:11:36,833 Can you teach me the song? 759 01:11:36,833 --> 01:11:38,125 It's a very difficult song. 760 01:11:38,125 --> 01:11:40,417 Singing is all the same. 761 01:11:40,417 --> 01:11:42,292 No it isn't. I sing... 762 01:11:42,292 --> 01:11:44,125 Nursery rhymes for children? 763 01:11:45,833 --> 01:11:48,250 Yes nursery rhymes for the children. 764 01:11:50,250 --> 01:11:54,000 When you start the song, you have to go higher. 765 01:12:19,542 --> 01:12:23,708 The bond between a yak and his herder is so sacred. 766 01:12:23,708 --> 01:12:26,625 It's as close as family. 767 01:12:26,625 --> 01:12:29,583 When they are alive, the yaks benefit us so much. 768 01:12:29,583 --> 01:12:31,958 Whenever the village needed meat, 769 01:12:31,958 --> 01:12:34,375 they would gather all the yaks, 770 01:12:34,375 --> 01:12:36,208 they would throw a lasso in the air, 771 01:12:36,208 --> 01:12:39,125 whichever yak the lasso landed on, 772 01:12:39,125 --> 01:12:40,542 that yak would be slaughtered. 773 01:12:40,542 --> 01:12:43,375 It was the most heartbreaking moment for the village. 774 01:12:45,000 --> 01:12:47,583 Our village had a herder, 775 01:12:47,583 --> 01:12:52,625 who had gone to Tibet for trade, 776 01:12:52,625 --> 01:12:54,750 and because of their shared karma, 777 01:12:54,750 --> 01:12:58,250 the lasso landed on his favorite yak. 778 01:12:58,250 --> 01:12:59,958 The yak had to be slaughtered. 779 01:12:59,958 --> 01:13:04,417 This song was composed by that herder. 780 01:13:05,500 --> 01:13:11,625 Here he says, 'I survive because of my yak,' 781 01:13:13,708 --> 01:13:16,833 Then he says 782 01:13:16,833 --> 01:13:22,167 'the yaks value the high mountain grass and the spring waters,' 783 01:13:22,875 --> 01:13:25,292 But actually by saying this, 784 01:13:25,292 --> 01:13:28,417 he is praising the purity of one's heart. 785 01:13:28,417 --> 01:13:33,208 The pure unpolluted lands, where snow stays throughout the year 786 01:13:34,500 --> 01:13:36,917 is actually a reflection of our hearts. 787 01:13:40,250 --> 01:13:43,000 At the end of the song, 788 01:13:43,000 --> 01:13:46,750 the yak sings back to the herder. 789 01:13:46,750 --> 01:13:49,417 He says, 'our bond will never be broken,' 790 01:13:51,542 --> 01:13:56,792 The yaks might graze all over the mountains, 791 01:13:57,542 --> 01:13:59,875 but every evening, they always return home. 792 01:14:00,583 --> 01:14:02,917 Just like that, this yak also says 793 01:14:03,583 --> 01:14:06,125 'Be it this life or the next, I will return home 794 01:14:06,125 --> 01:14:07,833 just as I do every evening' 795 01:14:13,750 --> 01:14:16,208 Anyway you should practice okay? 796 01:14:33,875 --> 01:14:36,833 Here Norbu, drink water. 797 01:14:41,292 --> 01:14:44,792 You have to keep your nails clean okay? 798 01:14:46,375 --> 01:14:49,917 You wanted to serve our King, right? 799 01:14:50,667 --> 01:14:53,917 You need to clean your nails for that. 800 01:14:54,500 --> 01:14:57,417 Teacher, we have run out of papers. 801 01:14:58,042 --> 01:14:59,833 Oh so fast? 802 01:14:59,833 --> 01:15:00,958 Yes, it's all finished. 803 01:15:01,833 --> 01:15:03,542 Okay, I'll try and find more. 804 01:15:03,542 --> 01:15:05,292 Asha said, 805 01:15:05,292 --> 01:15:09,208 you will be gone after the winter. 806 01:15:12,375 --> 01:15:15,042 Aren't you happy with us? 807 01:15:18,500 --> 01:15:19,750 It's not that Pem Zam. 808 01:15:19,750 --> 01:15:23,917 Why don't you want to be with us? 809 01:15:27,417 --> 01:15:29,125 I have to go... 810 01:16:05,917 --> 01:16:07,208 Good morning Norbu. 811 01:16:08,042 --> 01:16:09,917 Everyone wish Norbu good morning. 812 01:16:09,917 --> 01:16:12,500 Good morning Norbu! 813 01:16:14,042 --> 01:16:17,750 So we have used up all our papers right? 814 01:16:17,750 --> 01:16:19,083 Yes teacher. 815 01:16:19,083 --> 01:16:20,958 I got you all new papers. 816 01:16:20,958 --> 01:16:22,667 Two for every student. 817 01:16:39,417 --> 01:16:41,375 This is traditional paper. 818 01:16:41,375 --> 01:16:42,417 Yes it is, Pem Zam. 819 01:16:42,833 --> 01:16:44,417 I found it in the trunks. 820 01:16:44,417 --> 01:16:44,958 But... 821 01:16:44,958 --> 01:16:46,792 Paper is paper, Pem Zam. 822 01:16:47,625 --> 01:16:50,750 Today we will learn English okay? 823 01:16:50,750 --> 01:16:52,250 Okay teacher. 824 01:16:52,542 --> 01:16:54,333 Everyone copy down what I am writing. 825 01:16:58,042 --> 01:17:00,750 A for apple. 826 01:17:01,000 --> 01:17:02,167 Who knows this? 827 01:17:04,125 --> 01:17:05,167 Namgay? 828 01:17:05,167 --> 01:17:07,250 Apple is a fruit. 829 01:17:07,250 --> 01:17:08,542 Good! 830 01:17:08,542 --> 01:17:10,542 B for ball. 831 01:17:11,125 --> 01:17:12,542 Who knows what a ball is? 832 01:17:13,208 --> 01:17:14,208 Kencho? 833 01:17:15,375 --> 01:17:18,375 Ball is what we play with. 834 01:17:18,375 --> 01:17:19,792 Good! 835 01:17:19,792 --> 01:17:22,208 C for car. 836 01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:26,500 Pema, what's a car? 837 01:17:26,500 --> 01:17:27,625 I don't know. 838 01:17:28,167 --> 01:17:29,042 You don't know what a car is? 839 01:17:29,042 --> 01:17:30,042 No, I don't. 840 01:17:30,625 --> 01:17:33,250 None of you know what a car is? 841 01:17:33,250 --> 01:17:34,833 We don't know. 842 01:17:34,833 --> 01:17:36,667 You all never seen one? 843 01:17:36,667 --> 01:17:38,417 No, we haven't. 844 01:17:39,542 --> 01:17:40,958 Okay, let me change it then. 845 01:17:45,917 --> 01:17:47,625 C for 846 01:17:49,500 --> 01:17:50,500 Cow. 847 01:17:51,000 --> 01:17:53,000 Do you know what a cow is, Pema? 848 01:17:53,000 --> 01:17:55,167 Cow gives us milk. 849 01:17:55,167 --> 01:17:57,833 Yes! 850 01:19:15,958 --> 01:19:17,250 Good afternoon Asha. 851 01:19:17,250 --> 01:19:18,208 Good afternoon Sir. 852 01:19:18,208 --> 01:19:19,250 Please sit. 853 01:19:21,417 --> 01:19:23,125 I heard you were looking for me. 854 01:19:23,125 --> 01:19:26,333 Yes, horses have arrived from Gasa. 855 01:19:26,333 --> 01:19:29,917 There are some items for you. 856 01:19:29,917 --> 01:19:30,917 Is this it? 857 01:19:30,917 --> 01:19:32,167 Yes, that is it. 858 01:19:35,167 --> 01:19:36,500 Let me open it for you. 859 01:19:57,500 --> 01:20:01,375 Oh, my friend Tandin sent all these for the school. 860 01:20:03,375 --> 01:20:05,542 The children will be very happy. 861 01:20:06,417 --> 01:20:09,250 There is also another item. 862 01:20:12,458 --> 01:20:13,667 What's this? 863 01:20:14,625 --> 01:20:15,750 This is my guitar! 864 01:20:15,750 --> 01:20:16,792 Guitar? 865 01:20:20,042 --> 01:20:23,042 What are you going to do with a guitar in Lunana? 866 01:20:25,542 --> 01:20:27,833 I wanted to sing for the children. 867 01:20:31,958 --> 01:20:33,292 There's also a letter. 868 01:20:34,333 --> 01:20:35,250 Oh, 869 01:20:37,542 --> 01:20:38,875 I wonder what it's about. 870 01:20:46,458 --> 01:20:49,958 I have been wanting to go somewhere for a long time. 871 01:20:50,708 --> 01:20:53,083 Looks like I can finally go. 872 01:20:53,083 --> 01:20:55,167 Oh, that's great news. 873 01:20:55,167 --> 01:20:56,542 Where is this place? 874 01:20:58,958 --> 01:21:00,500 Far away... 875 01:21:02,917 --> 01:21:04,542 across the oceans. 876 01:21:13,167 --> 01:21:14,375 It's already autumn, 877 01:21:16,958 --> 01:21:18,958 These fields have to be harvested as winter comes. 878 01:21:20,125 --> 01:21:25,250 We must all prepare for winter, 879 01:21:26,250 --> 01:21:28,250 even you must prepare. 880 01:21:34,167 --> 01:21:37,500 My friend sent all these from Thimphu. 881 01:21:38,167 --> 01:21:38,708 Wow! 882 01:21:39,958 --> 01:21:42,292 There's a new ball! 883 01:21:43,083 --> 01:21:45,125 Oh look Norbu is also here. 884 01:21:45,125 --> 01:21:46,375 Yes, he is. 885 01:21:47,417 --> 01:21:49,333 Teacher, what is this? 886 01:21:49,333 --> 01:21:50,542 Okay everyone, look at me. 887 01:21:51,917 --> 01:21:54,250 This is a toothbrush and a toothpaste. 888 01:21:55,917 --> 01:21:56,625 Take it like this. 889 01:21:57,042 --> 01:21:58,500 Yes, just the toothpaste. 890 01:21:58,708 --> 01:21:59,708 Now open it. 891 01:22:01,458 --> 01:22:05,042 Put it on the brush like this. 892 01:22:07,500 --> 01:22:08,875 Soak the brush in water. 893 01:22:09,542 --> 01:22:11,792 Now go like this. 894 01:22:12,250 --> 01:22:13,083 On the top. 895 01:22:43,792 --> 01:22:48,583 Farmer Dorji had a house, E-I-E-I-O 896 01:22:48,583 --> 01:22:53,042 In his house, he had a yak, E-I-E-I-O 897 01:22:53,042 --> 01:22:57,542 Norbu was the yak's name, E-I-E-I-O 898 01:22:57,958 --> 01:23:02,250 Norbu huff huff, huff huff, Norbu huff huff... 899 01:23:02,750 --> 01:23:07,250 Farmer Dorji had a house, E-I-E-I-O 900 01:23:30,667 --> 01:23:35,000 You sound more and more like a highlander by the day. 901 01:23:36,375 --> 01:23:39,167 Not quite, I still have to practice. 902 01:23:40,125 --> 01:23:42,000 No you are good already. 903 01:24:09,167 --> 01:24:10,167 Hello Sir. 904 01:24:10,167 --> 01:24:10,958 Hello. 905 01:24:11,958 --> 01:24:13,292 Where are you coming from? 906 01:24:14,250 --> 01:24:16,083 I was just on the hill, 907 01:24:16,083 --> 01:24:19,667 learning Yak Lebi Lhadar from Saldon. 908 01:24:20,667 --> 01:24:23,792 I think you should leave your job 909 01:24:24,375 --> 01:24:27,500 and sing songs from the hilltop. 910 01:25:11,792 --> 01:25:14,208 Do you guys want to know how Norbu came here? 911 01:25:16,167 --> 01:25:17,333 Yes, Sir. 912 01:25:17,667 --> 01:25:21,708 Once upon a time, Norbu had a friend. 913 01:25:22,417 --> 01:25:23,375 A buffalo... 914 01:25:24,042 --> 01:25:29,125 They heard that in Lunana, you get the best salt. 915 01:25:29,500 --> 01:25:32,250 They wanted to come here and taste it. 916 01:25:33,500 --> 01:25:36,125 They heard Lunana was too cold. 917 01:25:36,125 --> 01:25:41,458 So one day, the buffalo decided to give all his fur to the yak. 918 01:25:42,500 --> 01:25:46,167 But once he got here, Norbu just loved it. 919 01:25:46,167 --> 01:25:48,250 He loved the salt, he loved the grass, 920 01:25:48,250 --> 01:25:49,958 and he decided to stay here. 921 01:25:51,250 --> 01:25:55,292 That is why the buffalo is always seen looking up. 922 01:25:55,542 --> 01:25:59,958 Looking up and waiting for his friend, Norbu, 923 01:25:59,958 --> 01:26:02,250 to come back down with the salt. 924 01:26:29,250 --> 01:26:34,125 Like milk in a porcelain cup, 925 01:26:34,125 --> 01:26:36,500 the heart is pure. 926 01:26:36,500 --> 01:26:41,125 So pure that even if the cup breaks, 927 01:26:41,125 --> 01:26:45,417 the milk remains milk. 928 01:26:46,083 --> 01:26:49,500 Like water in a vase, 929 01:26:49,500 --> 01:26:53,125 the heart is clear. 930 01:26:53,125 --> 01:26:57,125 So clear that infinite beauty 931 01:26:57,625 --> 01:27:01,833 is reflected in its depth. 932 01:27:02,042 --> 01:27:05,167 Like bamboo dancing in the wind, 933 01:27:05,167 --> 01:27:08,083 the heart is humble. 934 01:27:08,083 --> 01:27:11,875 So humble that it bends to the wind, 935 01:27:12,125 --> 01:27:13,958 yet it never breaks. 936 01:27:13,958 --> 01:27:17,542 For such a pure, clear and humble heart 937 01:27:17,542 --> 01:27:21,042 happiness follows 938 01:27:21,500 --> 01:27:24,708 like a shadow. 939 01:27:25,000 --> 01:27:28,000 Happiness follows 940 01:27:28,875 --> 01:27:31,958 like a shadow. 941 01:27:54,250 --> 01:27:55,042 Hello Sir. 942 01:27:56,750 --> 01:27:57,708 Oh hello Asha. 943 01:27:58,750 --> 01:28:00,958 You have done so much work here. 944 01:28:01,875 --> 01:28:03,625 These are all the children's works. 945 01:28:13,500 --> 01:28:17,042 The mountain passes are starting to cover with snow. 946 01:28:17,708 --> 01:28:21,375 Every day it's snowing more and more. 947 01:28:21,833 --> 01:28:26,125 Soon our village will be covered in snow. 948 01:28:26,292 --> 01:28:27,417 Winter has arrived. 949 01:28:27,417 --> 01:28:30,375 Even our yaks will move to the lowlands. 950 01:28:31,625 --> 01:28:34,250 It is also time for you to leave. 951 01:28:36,000 --> 01:28:36,625 But... 952 01:28:37,625 --> 01:28:39,917 I haven't completed my lessons. 953 01:28:41,000 --> 01:28:43,917 If you don't leave now, the paths will be covered in snow, 954 01:28:43,917 --> 01:28:46,750 and you will be stranded till spring. 955 01:28:47,375 --> 01:28:50,875 Nobody wants to see you leave. 956 01:28:51,417 --> 01:28:53,417 But there is no choice. 957 01:28:54,750 --> 01:28:56,792 Please come back next year. 958 01:28:56,792 --> 01:28:59,917 Come back for the children. 959 01:29:01,042 --> 01:29:02,042 But Asha, 960 01:29:03,500 --> 01:29:05,333 I am leaving Bhutan. 961 01:29:08,125 --> 01:29:09,833 For how long? 962 01:29:11,958 --> 01:29:14,125 Maybe forever. 963 01:29:21,375 --> 01:29:23,375 I hear some people claim that 964 01:29:24,375 --> 01:29:30,792 we are the happiest country in the world. 965 01:29:31,292 --> 01:29:33,458 Yet you... Someone who is educated, 966 01:29:33,458 --> 01:29:35,042 someone who can serve the country, 967 01:29:35,042 --> 01:29:38,083 someone who is the future of our country, 968 01:29:38,083 --> 01:29:42,250 wishes to seek happiness elsewhere? 969 01:29:49,375 --> 01:29:52,917 I will tell Michen and Singye 970 01:29:52,917 --> 01:29:55,167 to prepare the horses. 971 01:29:55,167 --> 01:29:58,167 You should leave the day after tomorrow. 972 01:30:50,417 --> 01:30:53,250 Asha said you are leaving the day after tomorrow. 973 01:30:54,542 --> 01:30:55,125 Yes. 974 01:30:56,208 --> 01:30:58,125 You won't return next spring? 975 01:31:00,375 --> 01:31:01,667 It appears so. 976 01:31:05,042 --> 01:31:07,667 You don't want to be a teacher here? 977 01:31:12,875 --> 01:31:16,750 I am sure there will be a better teacher coming. 978 01:31:17,125 --> 01:31:18,875 Don't say that. 979 01:31:28,375 --> 01:31:32,333 You will never know if you are a good teacher or not. 980 01:31:32,750 --> 01:31:35,042 Only the students like Pem Zam, 981 01:31:35,042 --> 01:31:37,625 Kencho and Pema would be able to say that. 982 01:31:37,625 --> 01:31:41,125 According to them, they were the happiest with you. 983 01:31:43,167 --> 01:31:46,875 All of them are so sad that you are leaving. 984 01:31:51,417 --> 01:31:54,542 I will miss your voice around the school. 985 01:32:02,875 --> 01:32:03,750 Will you... 986 01:32:04,250 --> 01:32:05,625 ever come to Thimphu? 987 01:32:06,167 --> 01:32:06,958 No I won't. 988 01:32:07,750 --> 01:32:08,958 This is home for me. 989 01:32:09,625 --> 01:32:11,125 My mother is here. 990 01:32:12,250 --> 01:32:13,500 She's getting old now, 991 01:32:13,500 --> 01:32:15,958 and the cold hurts her feet. 992 01:32:15,958 --> 01:32:17,375 I want to stay here. 993 01:32:21,333 --> 01:32:22,625 I'll be waiting here 994 01:32:22,625 --> 01:32:26,625 for you to perfect Yak Lebi Lhadar. 995 01:32:30,708 --> 01:32:32,417 Sing like the black-necked cranes. 996 01:34:04,750 --> 01:34:06,833 Come Norbu. 997 01:34:19,625 --> 01:34:20,375 Sir? 998 01:34:21,417 --> 01:34:23,250 Sing ye and I are ready. 999 01:34:24,250 --> 01:34:25,000 Okay, 1000 01:34:25,000 --> 01:34:26,375 I am coming. 1001 01:34:35,958 --> 01:34:38,875 I am sure spring will bring a new teacher. 1002 01:34:39,292 --> 01:34:42,417 Yes, but no one like you. 1003 01:35:20,792 --> 01:35:22,875 Asha, you did not have to come this far. 1004 01:35:22,875 --> 01:35:25,958 We received you many moons ago, 1005 01:35:26,583 --> 01:35:29,875 now we have to bid you farewell. 1006 01:35:29,875 --> 01:35:30,958 Please sit. 1007 01:35:30,958 --> 01:35:32,250 It's okay, I'll stand. 1008 01:35:33,083 --> 01:35:34,792 Offer the teacher rice wine. 1009 01:35:40,792 --> 01:35:42,042 I offer this wine 1010 01:35:42,042 --> 01:35:43,792 to the protectors of the highlands, 1011 01:35:44,375 --> 01:35:47,292 please protect our teacher Ugyen, 1012 01:35:47,875 --> 01:35:50,958 just as you protect us. 1013 01:35:51,250 --> 01:35:53,167 For he is also a son of Lunana, 1014 01:35:53,750 --> 01:35:55,625 who has always been karmically connected 1015 01:35:56,083 --> 01:35:57,958 with our snowy peaks. 1016 01:36:13,750 --> 01:36:17,750 Teacher, this letter is from all us students. 1017 01:36:23,250 --> 01:36:24,625 Thank you, Pem Zam. 1018 01:36:27,792 --> 01:36:31,250 The journey is long, you should get started. 1019 01:36:31,792 --> 01:36:32,500 Goodbye. 1020 01:36:51,125 --> 01:36:51,667 Ugyen! 1021 01:37:04,250 --> 01:37:05,958 Looks like we will not meet again. 1022 01:37:10,375 --> 01:37:12,542 Thank you for everything, 1023 01:37:15,542 --> 01:37:17,458 for bringing Norbu to me, 1024 01:37:18,042 --> 01:37:20,500 for Yak Lebi Lhadar. 1025 01:37:20,500 --> 01:37:21,750 Thank you very much. 1026 01:37:27,875 --> 01:37:29,583 We will always be here. 1027 01:38:03,250 --> 01:38:05,250 Look up there. 1028 01:38:10,583 --> 01:38:12,500 Oh Asha can sing Yak Lebi Lhadar? 1029 01:38:12,500 --> 01:38:13,625 We told you before, 1030 01:38:13,625 --> 01:38:17,042 all us yak herders can sing. 1031 01:38:17,625 --> 01:38:19,958 Besides, this is his own song. 1032 01:38:22,500 --> 01:38:24,500 Yak Lebi Lhadar is Asha's song? 1033 01:38:24,500 --> 01:38:25,417 Yes it is. 1034 01:38:26,292 --> 01:38:28,125 Asha used to be considered 1035 01:38:28,792 --> 01:38:30,750 as one of the best singers in our village. 1036 01:38:31,750 --> 01:38:35,000 He first sang this song when he was young. 1037 01:38:36,625 --> 01:38:37,917 But... 1038 01:38:38,708 --> 01:38:42,292 he suddenly stopped singing 1039 01:38:43,125 --> 01:38:45,167 when his wife died. 1040 01:38:47,542 --> 01:38:48,958 He would always say 1041 01:38:49,958 --> 01:38:52,125 that he would only sing again 1042 01:38:52,542 --> 01:38:56,417 when his yak returned home. 1043 01:39:21,792 --> 01:39:29,917 Thank you teacher for teaching us, 1044 01:39:32,875 --> 01:39:39,625 you have been our favorite teacher, 1045 01:39:41,417 --> 01:39:47,125 you showed us the importance of having good hearts, 1046 01:39:47,917 --> 01:39:51,458 we will never forget how you took off the papers 1047 01:39:52,458 --> 01:39:57,167 from your own window to make sure we were able to study. 1048 01:39:58,750 --> 01:40:02,833 For the sake of us students, and for Norbu the yak, 1049 01:40:02,833 --> 01:40:04,125 please come back to us. 1050 01:40:04,125 --> 01:40:05,500 Thank you very much. 1051 01:41:04,250 --> 01:41:05,667 May I ask what you are doing? 1052 01:41:06,917 --> 01:41:11,708 Making offerings for our safe passage. 1053 01:41:11,708 --> 01:41:13,167 Oh are you? 1054 01:41:17,167 --> 01:41:19,958 And making aspirations to be able to return one day. 1055 01:41:20,125 --> 01:41:23,292 Okay then, let's do it together. 1056 01:43:21,375 --> 01:43:22,875 Hey Ugyen! 1057 01:43:22,875 --> 01:43:24,083 What are you doing, mate? 1058 01:43:24,083 --> 01:43:25,500 I am paying you to sing!