Social Forestry Day in Bhutan
Social Forestry Day in Bhutan is held on June 2. Also coronation of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck. This event in the first decade of the month June is annual. Help us
It was on this day in 1974, the Bhutanese people celebrated the Coronation of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo. Since 1985, the Coronation Day is also declared as Social Forestry day and widely celebrated to encourage tree plantation.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Buddha's Parinirvana in Bhutan on May 23 (is a Buddhist festival that marks the death of the Buddha and his achievement of Nirvana);
Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche in Bhutan on June 16 (is on the 10th day of the 5th lunar month);
Buddha's First Sermon in Bhutan on July 10 (The day is celebrated according to the Buddhist Calendar, on the fourth day of the sixth month);
Bhutan Independence Day on August 8 (from India, since 1949);
Thimphu Drubchen in Bhutan on September 9 (is precedes the popular three-day Thimphu Tshechu festival. The Drubchen showcases the sacred dances dedicated to the protecting deity of Bhutan);
Thimphu Tshechu in Bhutan on September 13 (starts on the 10th day of the 8th lunar month. The three-day religious event plays an important role in the lives of Bhutanese people as it is an opportunity for the Buddhist followers to immerse and cleanse themselves of the bad Karma and to remind them of what to make of their lives)