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Butter Making

Bhutanese Butter making – Series 7

A set of video images from Bhutan of a the butter and cheese making processes.

Format: DV 720×576

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Rural Bhutan farmers make butter and cheese partly for storage or as a preserved form of milk for self consumption, with any excess being sold for cash.

Milk from nursing cows is boiled then seeded from a previous batch of yogurt and left to curdle. As early as the following morning the rich curd is churned by hand until butter is formed. To prevent the butter from becoming rancid it must be washed. Bhutanese farmers may also boil the butter to form ghee, which will last much longer. The ghee is used for cooking or just spooned onto rice.

The remaining thin whey is then warmed to nearly boiling which seperates a cottage like cheese called datshi. This cheese is used in one the most famous of all Bhutanese dishes ‘Ema Datshi’… where Ema is chilli.

Butter Making

Bhutanese Butter making – Series 6

A set of video images from Bhutan of a the butter and cheese making processes.

Format: DV 720×576

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Rural Bhutan farmers make butter and cheese partly for storage or as a preserved form of milk for self consumption, with any excess being sold for cash.

Milk from nursing cows is boiled then seeded from a previous batch of yogurt and left to curdle. As early as the following morning the rich curd is churned by hand until butter is formed. To prevent the butter from becoming rancid it must be washed. Bhutanese farmers may also boil the butter to form ghee, which will last much longer. The ghee is used for cooking or just spooned onto rice.

The remaining thin whey is then warmed to nearly boiling which seperates a cottage like cheese called datshi. This cheese is used in one the most famous of all Bhutanese dishes ‘Ema Datshi’… where Ema is chilli.

Jakri

Jakri – Series 39

A set of video images from Bhutan of a spiritual healer, Jakri.

Format: DV 720×576

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A Jakri is a practitioner with beliefs and practices regarding communication with the spiritual world.

Its is believed that Jakris are intermediaries or messengers between the human world and the spirit worlds. Jakris are said to treat ailments by mending the soul. Alleviating traumas affecting the soul restores the physical body of the individual to balance and wholeness.

The Jakri also enters supernatural dimensions to obtain solutions to problems afflicting the community. Jakris may visit other worlds to bring guidance to misguided souls and to ameliorate illnesses of the human soul caused by foreign elements.

The Jakri operates primarily within the spiritual world, which in turn affects the human world. The restoration of balance results in the elimination of the ailment.

Jakris belong to many ethnic Nepali communities in Bhutan.