Drayang
Drayangs are entertainment bars in Bhutan. They typically serve alcoholic beverages, and have a stage on which entertainers dance to and sing songs solicited from or requested by members of the audience.[1][2][3] The songs are usually traditional Bhutanese music or from Bollywood. The majority of entertainers are women. As of 2018, there were 49 drayangs in Bhutan, with 14 located in the capital Thimphu.
Drayang entertainers are usually paid a basic monthly salary, and are allowed to collect extra money from the audience for requested songs.[4]
There is a range of opinions on drayangs in Bhutan. Critics view them as shady and exploitative of women.[5] Drayang owners deny that they allow abuse, and state that drayangs generate employment for the entertainers, who would otherwise be unemployed because of lack of opportunity and education.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Dorji Dema (20 January 2012). "The Drayang woes". Bhutan Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Lim, Karen (May 6, 2018). "9 things you never knew about Thimpu, Bhutan's capital city". AsiaOne. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Khandu, Lekey; Zwanikken, Prisca. "HIV Vulnerability and Sexual Risk Behaviour of the Drayang Girls in Bhutan". SAARC Journal of Tuberculosis, Lung Diseases and HIV/AIDS. doi:10.3126/saarctb.v17i1.25025.
- ^ Sangay Dema (31 January 2018). "Drayang owners & employees feel they are doing valid business". Business Bhutan. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ SS Pek-Dorji (21 November 2020). "Reforming the drayang". Kuensel. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- Bars (establishments)
- Bhutanese culture