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October 14, 2013 THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION & ASSOCIATION ON NOBILITY UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HRH CROWN PRINCE LEKA II OF THE ALBANIANS For Monarchy: Marriage Columbus Day in King of Bhutan will end Boosts Popularity, Divorce United States polygamy in his monarchy Makes It Plummet According Columbus Day, which is annually on the second Monday of October, remembers Christopher Columbus' arrival to the Americas on October 12, 1492. This holiday is controversial because the European settlement in the Americas led to the demise to Hello! Magazine: of the history and culture of The British Social Attitudes the indigenous peoples. October 14, 2013. Today is the wedding survey…found that…in 2012 anniversary of Their Majesties the King Officially, the people of the only 5% of people said that they and Queen of Bhutan. USA are invited to celebrate thought the monarchy should be abolished…while 45% of the anniversary of the King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck people said that they felt it is discovery of their country married Jetsun Pema, the “very important” that Britain with church services and granddaughter of the Governor of continues to have a monarchy. other activities. In some Trashigang, at Punakha Dzong in 2011. towns and cities, special The positive result in 2012 church services, parades During the ceremony, she was presented came six years after the figure and large events are held. with the Crown of the Druk Gyal-tsuen dropped to 27% in 2006 and Most celebrations are and declared Queen consort of Bhutan. 32% in 1994, two years before concentrated around the Although Bhutanese monarchs may Prince Charles and Prince Italian-American marry as many times as they wish, the Andrew divorced their community. The King had indicated that he will end this respective wives Diana and celebrations in New York tradition and that Queen Jetsun will be Sarah. Similarly to 1983, many and San Francisco are his only consort. have attributed public opinion particularly noteworthy. In to royal weddings and the 2012 Hawaii Columbus Day is King Jigme became King of Bhutan figure was influenced by Prince also known as Landing Day following the abdication of his father in William’s marriage to Kate or Discoverer's Day. 2005. (Continue page 2) Middleton. Page 1 of 5 King of Bhutan will end polygamy in his Polygamy exists now only in small nomadic monarchy communities that lives with their animals for most of the year high in the Himalayas, according to (Continue from page 1) Dasha Karma Ura from the Centre for Bhutan Studies, a think-tank. Bhutan's rare form of polygamy, in which men or women take several sisters or brothers as partners, "The king is rooted in the modern age. He is dying out as the kingdom modernises, with this announced to the country during his address to the week's royal wedding another sign of its demise. parliament that they'll devote their life to each The king, 31-year-old Jigme Khesar Namgyel other until his death," he said. Wangchuck, married and crowned Jetsun Pema, The king's monogamous intentions are not the only the commoner daughter of an airline pilot, on difference between him and his father, who Thursday in a colourful Buddhist ceremony in the abdicated voluntarily in 2006 to make way for his ancient capital of Punakha. son and a fledgling democracy. In his speech announcing the nuptials in May, The young Wangchuck is openly affectionate, Wangchuck made clear that Pema would be his only holding hands with his new queen and even kissing wife -- a distinct departure from his father, who her in public on Saturday on the last of three days married four sisters in 1979, all of whom were of public celebrations to mark the event. crowned queen in the same ceremony. Public displays of affection are not uncommon in The Wangchuck dynasty dates back to 1907 and Bhutan, but the sight of the love-struck king being includes four other kings before the current so open with his emotions represents a rupture monarch, three of whom married multiple women. from the past. The practice has its roots in traditional Bhutanese "We know that they love each other so much," said social structures, explained Francoise Pommaret, high-school student Rinzin Dema, who was in the an expert and author on Bhutan. crowd to see the royal couple on Saturday. "Living with several sisters, mostly found in the "Seeing our king and the queen, it?s like an centre or the east, or with several brothers, mostly inspiration to us that in the future we should be the found in the north, allowed them to keep property same husband and wife like that." in one family," she said. Pommaret says the idea of relationships has The decline in polygamy is linked to changing changed, partly because of soap operas on attitudes in Bhutan, a tiny Himalayan nation television. sandwiched between India and China that has resisted outside influence for centuries. "Relationships on the basis of practical considerations have given way to the idea of The country banned television until 1999 and romantic love. And the king is an example," she continues to restrict the number of tourists who explained. visit its stunning mountains and valleys with rules ensuring minimum spends of up to $200 a day. "You should have seen him go red in the parliament when he announced the name of his fiancée!" But with television and the Internet now widely available and foreign education more common, young Bhutanese are increasingly turning their backs on some of the more unusual parts of the local culture. Page 2 of 5 October 14, 2013 Para la Monarquía: el Reales y la cifra de 2012 fue Matrimonio Aumenta Rey de Bután terminará la influenciado por el popularidad, el Divorcio lo poligamia en su monarquía matrimonio del príncipe hace Plomada Según Revista Guillermo con Kate “Hola” Middleton. (Sigue Rey de Bután) Rara forma de Bhután de la poligamia en la que hombres y mujeres tienen varios hermanos o hermanas como socios, está desapareciendo como se moderniza el reino con la boda real una muestra más de su desaparición. El estudio británico Actitudes 14 de octubre 2013. Hoy es el Sociales... encontrado que... en aniversario de casamiento de Sus El rey, de 31 años de edad, 2012 sólo el 5% de las personas Majestades el Rey y la Reina de Bután. Jigme Khesar Namgyal dijo que pensaban que la Wangchuck, se casó y monarquía debe ser abolida... El rey Jigme Khesar Namgyal coronó Jetsun Pema , la hija mientras que el 45% de las Wangchuck casó Jetsun Pema, la nieta de un piloto de línea aérea personas dijeron que se sentían del gobernador de Trashigang, en en una ceremonia budista de que es "muy importante" que el Punakha Dzong en 2011. colores en la antigua capital Reino Unido siga teniendo una de Punakha . monarquía. Durante la ceremonia, que se presentó con la corona de la Druk Gyal-tsuen y En su discurso cuando El resultado positivo en el año declaró la reina consorte de Bhután. anunciando la boda, 2012 se produjo seis años Aunque monarcas butaneses pueden Wangchuck aclaró que Pema después la cifra se redujo a 27% casarse tantas veces como lo deseen, el sería su única esposa - una en 2006 y 32% en 1994, dos años Rey ha indicado que va a poner fin a esta salida distinta de su padre antes de que el príncipe Carlos y tradición y que la Reina Jetsun será su quien se casó con cuatro el príncipe Andrew divorciaron única compañera. hermanas en 1979 , todos los de sus respectivas esposas Diana cuales fueron coronada reina El rey Jigme se convirtió en rey de Bután y Sarah. Al igual que en 1983, en la misma ceremonia. muchos han atribuido la opinión tras la abdicación de su padre en 2005. La dinastía Wangchuck se pública a las bodas (Sigue en la derecha y en página 4) remonta a 1907 e incluye otros cuatro reyes antes de la actual monarca, tres de los cuales se casaron varias Page 3 of 5 mujeres. ponchó el rey siendo tan abierto con sus emociones representa una ruptura con el pasado. La práctica tiene sus raíces en las estructuras sociales tradicionales de Bhután , explicó Francoise "Sabemos que se quieren mucho", dijo la estudiante Pommaret , experto y autor de Bhután. de secundaria Rinzin Dema, que estaba en la multitud para ver a la pareja real él. "Vivir con varias hermanas, en su mayoría se encuentran en el centro o el este, o con varios "Ver a nuestro rey y la reina es como una hermanos, en su mayoría se encuentran en el norte, inspiración para nosotros que en el futuro debemos que les permitió mantener la propiedad de una ser el mismo marido y mujer como esa . " familia", dijo. Pommaret dice que la idea de las relaciones ha La disminución de la poligamia está relacionada cambiado, en parte debido a las telenovelas en la con el cambio de actitudes en Bután, un pequeño televisión. país del Himalaya situado entre la India y China, que se ha resistido a la influencia externa durante "Las relaciones sobre la base de consideraciones siglos. prácticas han dado lugar a la idea del amor romántico. Y el rey es un ejemplo ", explicó. El país prohibió la televisión hasta 1999 y continúa restringiendo el número de turistas que visitan sus "Deberías haber visto poniéndose rojo en el impresionantes montañas y valles con normas que Parlamento, cuando anunció el nombre de su garanticen mínimo pasa de hasta $ 200 por día. novia” Pero con la televisión y la Internet ampliamente disponible y una educación más común extranjeros, jóvenes butaneses están recurriendo cada vez más la espalda a algunos de los lugares más insólitos de la cultura local.