8-9 October, Soe: The two days festive occasion, particularly for the residents of northern community living in close proximity to snow leopard habitat joined by tourist, government officials, officials from Bhutan Foundation, Snow Leopard Conservancy (SLC) and the public of Soe and Tshento gewogs celebrated the culture and tradition of the high land people thereby also educating the community on the importance of conservation of the endangered snow leopard and their age old traditions and customs.
The second Mt. Jomolhari festival took place at Dangojang near Jomolhari base camp under Soe Park Range of Jigme Dorji National Park (JDNP). The festival is a community based initiative collaborated by JDNP and the Nature Recreation and Ecotourism Division (NRED) which was funded by the Bhutan Foundation.
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