Changing Face Of Bhutan - The Youth

THIMPHU, BHUTAN - JUNE 15 : Bhutanese students walk home from the Pelkhil high school wearing their traditional Bhutanese uniform that is required for all students on June 15, in Thimphu, Bhutan. Bhutan is no ordinary place, it is known an open democratic society. Bhutanese society is free of class or a caste system, the country has a very young population: more than half of the population is below the age of 25 years. Perhaps the last great Himalayan kingdom, where a traditional Buddhist culture carefully embraces global developments. The youth in Bhutan today live in a world very different from that known by their parents. Globalization, urbanization and new modes of mass and interpersonal communication have rapidly and radically changed the way young people interact with each other, with their families and with society as a whole. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images for Lumix)