Lonely Planet

100 Lonely Planet Traveller October 2017‘At Nado Poizokhang, theoldest and largest makerof handmade incense,ingredients are groundinto a powder, mixed withwater and natural dyeinto a dough, thenfermented and extrudedthrough a machine.’LEFT ‘Incense powderat the market inThimphu.’``````‘Farmer’s wife Am Choden,dressed in her finesttraditional kira (ankle-length dress), burnsincense wands at a localshrine in the Paro Valley.’LEFT ‘Incense at NadoPoizokhang is laid out,straightened by hand andleft to dry and harden in adrying room for at leastfive days.’