we just want electricity. i had to throw out all of my food today because i did not have anywhere to store it. i love this hurry, can season started out slow, but as he said, our mobile home meteorologists have forecast as many as 8 similar storms by the end of november. and methyl latest on dw news, this our up next is our documentary series. with a look at the reclusive himalayan kingdom of baton a marina evans dean. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more headlines for you from me and the entire news team here in berlin. thanks for the company. how did she become at off hitler's favorite director? and how did he become a forgotten? so player lena finch died and on old funk

a documentary about was seduction and power ice. cold passion starts october 8th on d. w. ah, a friday night in tim pu in the sleepy capital of this very religious country. no vincent jury and his friends are about to perform a concert. but it's far from traditional the band plays thrash metal. a style of music rarely found in baton even under ground. but these rockers are no rebels. here, the musicians are known for writing a song with a message that for a metal band is unusual. as any of happiness,

a linux will catch many people's attention that you know, the way we can be happy with the very little we have. we have to be content with one we have and on and the group practices what they preach in baton. it's difficult to find more musical instruments, let alone a record labels, but they managed to shoot a professional music video for their hit track happiness. ah ah, what i was wondering if we get a chance to rule europe or america to play love to do that. to explain and you know, his friend, the message i'm happy to this message does not come out of the blue. in 1972,

the boonies king introduced the idea of a happiness index and troubled by the problems he saw affecting other developing countries focused on economic growth. he decided to prioritize his country's gross national happiness over its gross domestic product. roughly the size of switzerland hooton's population is just 800000 people, nestled in the himalayas between india and china, the 2 most populous nations on earth. it's geography kept futon isolated from the rest of the world for years. largely rural and we have no major resources apart from hydro, electric power. baton is still one of the world's poorest countries but they believe they are on the right track. just over a decade ago, the government made gross national happiness. official policy ter misses, ultimately without peace, security,

and happiness. we have nothing. that is the essence of the philosophy of gross national happiness. she visited in 2000 a night. the king even wrote gross national happiness into towns constitution. emphasis was placed on the preservation of nature and organic farming. grace is a young entrepreneur. she recently opened an organic restaurant in the capitol. more important if you have a chance and you can have a happy life in these very isolated country with its ancestral buddhist traditions . tv and internet only made their appearance in 1999 mobile phones became commonplace just a decade ago. even today, few images of futon exist to bring a camera into the country. you must 1st prove your intentions, are good. although baton is gradually opening up to tourism and western influence. it's traditional culture remains strong in front of my parents and families does

this. but in front of my friends, i feel more go to relate where whatever i love people abound not only by tradition but also by state wide bands in baton. the sale of tobacco is illegal. so sellers take a big risk. we have to pay the fire to take on, make sure the sale of alcohol is also prohibited one day a week. it was, it was a beer. why? see, here, happiness has its limits set by the state. and it's built on the backs of indian workers toiling on unsafe construction sites. report if we don't work, we stock a profoundly buddhist country who turn posts 10000 temples and monasteries, as well as places of prayer. they also serve as last chance schools for delinquents

. if we go to an extent of that, it could be prison, it may be a death also for monastery. who town is a country of contrasts and contradictions could gross national happiness simply mask the nation structural poverty. maggie mil, what's gross national happiness? priscilla, i've no idea we embark on an unusual journey through the self styled kingdom of happiness. 2 weeks before november concert in tim pooh, we met him at the airport in paro. the musician showed us around as part of his day job from jupiter. thank you. legacy. ok, rocker by night to a guide by day. like any civil servant in baton. no vin is required to wear

a go the traditional local costume equivalent to the scottish kilt. so we have to follow the program. they were yes, we were not here or changes. no, we can do some changes, but it needs to be informed her like 2 days before. ah, i don't know to pro goodwill. the welcome is warm, but the itinerary is set in baton. it's impossible to travel freely. welcome to the time, oh, the trip into the capitol tim pooh! takes an hour on route were made keenly aware of whose running the country. pictures of the king and queen grace every street corner alone or with their son. the royal couple or on the present, and truly revered by their subjects. the image of a living, demi god, carefully maintained by the government. one of the king's last filmed appearances, dates back to october, 2011. on that day jig make his saw

introduced to the people their future queen his wife jetson pima, a 21 year old commoner for the occasion. 50000 mutinies gathered in the hope of getting close to the royal couple. bismark did it. please remain seated. how are you old? i'm really glad you're here today. i'm very happy to see you today. i mean, the sovereign presents himself as a man of the people, but really speaks to the press. the following exchange is one of the few he's had with journalists since he came to power. are you married? no, i well, it's worth i used. yes. i think. oh yes, definitely. but within the country, we're going to drive to all the districts to get to meet the people and i must thank the people for all day

a good mission life. thank you and with his subjects say they appreciate their king's warmth and kindliness. being dead, mules majesty, and the clang helps and advises his little. he even lets them discover things. they didn't know he's truly benevolent and extraordinary chasm blamed you met with a people's enthusiasm can also be seen in the photoshop surround. tim, who, along with representations of the buddha's lamas and other spiritual leaders, photos of the glamorous couple are abundant photos of the smiling monarch's mask. a less rosy reality, especially for the press, local media is almost non existent, and no criticism of the government is tolerated. as for foreign journalists like us, there are restrictions, it took us 2 months to get a visa, our presence is tolerated, but there is no question of filming anything that could harm the country's image.

our activities here are closely controlled and monitored. after leaving the capital, we must stop at a checkpoint. no. vincent jury, our rocca guide needs to get how visa stamped upon arrival in each major city. if you want us better, 7 for one. our pre set schedule must be followed to the letter in baton. improvisation is not allowed a few kilometers on there's another check point yet another stamp survey roll for the safety of the guest. actually it's for the safety of the guest and the people here. they have the record of the vehicle, so on whichever route they are, so that in if they have to so she had to have the location. okay. it's a well rehearsed explanation, these constant supervision and non optional to

a guide. a part of the travel is package $250.00 per day, including hotel and meals, included in the price is a $65.00 tax, which finances boot, unease, health and education services. during our guided tour, the government plan to visit to a primary school. oh oh he the children learn about happiness from a very young age. the schools had mistress choke he duca consistently applies the concept of gross national happiness. okay. say good morning. ah, good to, you know, the lucy has them go monica, you lapse of what they give me a yell of said i owe to. this is a gamble. my true gala looked at. he looked at the good, you know,

do go look, done the tag, you got me logged on the look. i didn't know gone. i made thought a c tree. flowers. i should i be able will i say i thought there is only get there. like i said, i babble, gosh, i love that. okay. metal don't. guy ah, hello champ, warm jordan lou. she died mid to this little guy. the school for beads picking flowers but encourages the children to plant seeds, especially for the fruits and vegetables that will end up on their plates at school . each shell has to plant a vegetable and must identify what dredged liver had planted and then did the plant and the need to observe. people may say we are in the town, we don't, we leave in the flat. we don't have garden. there is no space. but then this is then example for our does that no matter where you live, there is a, if there is

a place there is a li, pupils also learn not to simply throw things away. everything that can be recycled is collected behind the school and sold to specialized companies. this is how we are trying to dig, dismisses who are asking to learn to manage their own lease. so this must be an empty beer bottle that they have seen on the way to school. so they pick up that and the deposit here. and each chair, like if they have ways at home, they can bring and the deposit this waste will be recycled in india. the money earned is used to buy school supplies and water filters for the school return is one of the few developing countries where education and health care a free for all. something made possible thanks to wealthy tourists who spend their earnings in baton.

tourists weren't allowed to visit newton until 1974 to day just under 300000 of them are allowed to come each year and admire the country's rich cultural heritage . among the must see sights is the great buddha door, denmark on a hill overlooking the capital. the buddha is over 50 meters, tall and flanked by dozens of gilded statues. but brutal names to develop more than cultural tourism. during our journey well off the beaten path, our guides take us to admire the countries and credible nature lush forests as far as the i can see on inhabited mountain regions and rivers untouched by pollution, for hundreds of kilometers. the boot and the state is setting its sites on controlled green tourism

we're in one of the countries, 10 national parks that lie on the border with india ever. ever. funny thing that movie captain sit up is a ranger at the royal men, us national park. he and his subordinate shakuma are the only men in uniform we meet during our stay. who tom has few soldiers and relies on neighboring india for its defense. the ranges role is to protect the local flora and fauna. it's a crucial mission as be tons, constitution states that at least 60 percent of its territory must be covered with forest. and baton has exceeded that target for several years now. as a result, it's the only country that produces more oxygen than carbon dioxide. in other words,

it's the greenest country on the planet. this nature preserve posts, an incredible diversity of foreigner. hundreds of species of butterflies, water, buffalo, and antelope even endangered species like lizards and elephants. now the country is developing high end tourist packages in the hills of tim poo. a luxury hotel has just opened with room starting at $1200.00 euros per night. that's a small fortune in a country where the average wage is less than 7 euros a day. panoramic terraces, exotic wood decor and furniture, sweet, so villas from 70 to 300 square meters and heated indoor pools. this is a far cry from mass tourism. the hotels numerous employees are busy all day long,

yet there are few guests on this day, only one wealthy russian couple is vacationing in this spectacular place. and we've been expressly asked not to disturb them. some entrepreneurs have discovered how to profit from this tourist heaven. under our ventilator them, grace is just 26 years old, but she's already a successful business woman. she's also a pioneer in this very conservative society. despite encountering obstacles as a woman, she managed to open her own restaurant 2 years ago. she serves up exclusively organic food to meet the demands of both the locals and foreign tourists. actually, nowadays, people really care about their health. so it's more important if you have a rich health, then you can have a happy life. grace's life hasn't always been happy or easy. now

a single mother of 2, she was married to a violent man for years. grace had the courage to divorce him despite the fact that this is heavily frowned upon in baton. now she presents her story on the walls of her restaurant 3 years ago while working as a to a guide, she met a rich couple from singapore who took her under their wing. they paid for her training in singapore and helped her fulfill her dream. after returning home, she opened her own restaurant and then let's get her with disguise as i like. what in my life? yes, i like that. to day she supports her entire family. the 2 waitresses in her restaurant are her sister's horn in a couple wonderful things. allison has asked in it's a success story, she's proud to tell to run a business to get a handle. a case to be ahead on the family is an example for someone else.

philanthropy, especially for young generation where we can show them like he can do editing, being a young and her been and being a single mom. so i think i backed up to show an example for everyone else. an inspiring story, but still a rare one here. yeah. oh, okay, this is the rice issue. when it comes to sourcing fresh produce, grace mainly relies on her mother. she lives a few kilometers away from the capital in the mountains. ah 60 year old sharing plants, rice, fruit, and vegetables and leaves in this small traditional house on the hill side here time seems to have stood still. all the work is done by hand or with the help of animals whose up on much when will it

into the community or grace regularly comes here for supplies. for her, the lack of machinery isn't a problem. quite the contrary. we prefer animals because in the missions, you know, like, uh, it makes of people more lazy. lee, i knew i was gonna have to hang on till, i think like is the and i didn't, didn't do a minimum. it takes a lot of energy and a good dose of patience. unlike machines, oxen or sometimes moody, especially on camera, is oh, oh, oh, oh. 6 yeah, i'm gonna need you to attend to me. i know

it's very difficult because you have to know how to like go. they have to listen to you. so you have some technique. how do all the cows and all so it's better, like if you don't know, then it's very dangerous because how can kill you? once plowed, the land is cultivated on terraces, the work is demanding and the yield is small. grace and her mother weed. these rise fields by hand for grace, it's a small price to pay for quality. it's all organic because we don't use the chemical fertilizers like that. but since we use on the account dunc, know that we, we have like, lot of how over here 20 years ago baton was still extremely isolated. people had neither tv nor telephones back then grace's way of life would have been unthinkable . i took over all my daily, received no education and had to do manual labor. there are more opportunities for

your generation, thanks to education and languages on i and you can do whatever you want to little the to day. thanks to the kings, generosity every one civilised. and alex, like, i'm proud of you. grace says she's happy a happiness she attributes partly to the king. so i think our king, this is like the concert with the happiness, what not with the products. so i think this is also the happiness that with what we get from that as a to i to do in the school in the boonies way of life is far removed from that of western style. consumerism avalanche a store. it's a system without fierce competition. ideally, both buyers and sellers always get a good deal when it comes to like mcdonald game, see i thing like it's not let go. do you know, like it's not that hide in it because our i heard something i will, i, gar gave sir like the indian a chicken, you know, to make it a bigger safe,

so that it's more effective in our health. so i think that thing is not good for other health. in baton 80 percent of farmers have never used pesticides. their crops are organic and they produce enough fruit and vegetables that the country is now almost self sufficient. however, the farmer's standard of living remains quite low. cheering doesn't receive a pension and most of her crops of her, her own personal consumption. so the money she gets from her daughter supplements her income and she don't. i don't know if i buy in a city, then it's more than that. it will be more expensive. but since she's using on her energy and it's a love, you know, like, this is giving your love, you know, with a vegetable fuller basket. and i give her money, this is what i on, in a city money. and what this is to see on in the village of history. so this is a axis, but the system is in mom and her daughter. so i think like i give it like that

because i, i have a responsive a do you know like being a mom, i have to get her with her. and oh, so that this is what we do usually here. this isn't him home. thank you. good. in chestler, more than other players didn't sounded young. i enjoyed that. that alan envy. yeah . nathan, beth, are my helping one. another simplicity connection to nature. it's the very definition of happiness put forward by the authorities in their g n. h concept. however, some formulated this theory of happiness long before the boot and his government. namely, the monks ah, perfect happiness or nirvana is what the countries roughly 100000 monks seek to achieve. in baton, one out of every 7 residence retreats to a monastery at least once in their life for

a few months or even years. many monasteries also serve as detox or rehab centers for delinquents. it's 4 30 in the morning and the day is already beginning at the low drag cartoon monastery in central baton. 3 3 3 3 ah. 3 each morning, one of the monks is responsible for making sure that no one is sleeping in mm hm. i only get up. it's a rigid approach that some have trouble adjusting to at 1st. the loo dorothy needed to do with a lieutenant. some of those who've joined us, a former drug addicts to alcoholics and troubled salvation. williams, julian and i, they have changed a lot down to go to finally, they suffer

a lot in the 1st few months because of their addictions and bad habit of going to renew mozilla. but then they change in and become ordinary monks. just don't initiative bullshit for some even have tattoos on their bodies as they used to be gang members and others who you got to do. ross and thomas, she was in this was the case for 28 year old senior. he arrived here a little over a year ago and had to quickly get accustomed to the rhythm of the monastery monday to saturday. if i'm at $430.00, which is 11. 45, we have professional factor 6 as of so we have to say or says before he began studying theology, cynthia was into girls, alcohol, drugs and st fights is improving. my family, disney, and jones, even with family members, this i go to one to smuggle. okay. mark on that a portion. did you overton my ha, carla,

the protector day as he is supposed to ward off. bad luck. cynthia isn't the only monk with a checkered past. he and nerve in our rock, a guide have a shared history. here. no vin visit cynthia, to talk about it was another argument was who should really give? the 2 young men have only kept a few photos of their former lives back then senior and nov in spent their days hanging out in the streets of the capital with their friends at an hour. 2000 per didn't. keith let him only hold. i used to smoke regional i miss morgan ball to buy drugs and go binge drinking. cynthia would often rob people in his neighbourhood. were you fighting this truth also to us? i'm done. so i'm to him. it happens. is my collision nice to have collision?

question of what thoughts and after becoming monkey is totally on his leg, a new life. no. i had to wrong laser. no, i did many bad things. so now be going, mom is kind of a beautician now because they're all sins the wrong, but i talk and in a one way it was a good thing because i did and i was good. so i want to change. so because of them, i would change mean no, no vin could have taken the wrong path to. yeah. if we go to an extent of that, it could be prison. it may be a death also, or a monastery or monastery to become a monk. if someone realizes this, but this is a very, very rare case that someone realizes and really gets committed to become a monk, die. and i just did it by my boss to initially do fastly that i had agile. you're welcome, your life was under some all calm enlightenment capricious,

ah, in baton monasteries offer an alternative to prison, but one that requires sacrifice. cynthia is starting his 2nd year here in his cell, he spends most of his time reading sacred texts up to 10 hours a day. this life of self discipline is far removed from his old, wild ways. still he seems fulfilled. happiness means to peace of mind. you can have nothing and you can read it to be happy because everything dental here, if you have the in the early or the are happy really if pres blessings, but also in a contemplation filled the days in the monastery. sometimes in quite surprising ways. every week, cynthia and the others compete in a unique form of debating his reason is missouri. yes. you know it's nature and miss, you know, i know the minds nature,

but it's metaphysical noodle. how about synchron in the same way? my mother, with the more experienced monks begin the debates, the objective to win over the others with convincing arguments. when among thinks he's found an irrefutable argument, he slaps his hands together. the subject doesn't really matter. the most important thing is the discussion itself and having some fun. oh, is a white horse really white? oh good god. yes, yes. you know, a white horse isn't white, it's a living being good. did i want to ha, white or his horse or for a white glove? do you wanna get up in the own to prove that either the horse is the white one, you might look on the white horse with another of the monks

recreational activities in the weekly outing. every sunday the monasteries residents go into town, though there is no question of cynthia and his friends succumbing to the temptations of the streets. with the money they collected the previous day, the monks can treat themselves to a meal a strictly vegetarian one. i thought, oh so i some signal last one was the assumption listening go punch. if you eat meat normally we don't, don't don't know which every these are they are our parents. there haven't been a even single b who haven't been on betters. so in a way we can, we are eating our balance mid so it's is a mixing actually. and then the problem is that up at the prison, we cannot remember them being of being our bands and you really believe in reincarnation. of course of ours, everybody is in got it. you are you,

you're good me. my father mother was for you the best seemed to be reincarnated for the next life again as a monk, if it's possible, a return in a country, it doesn't matter what it is. done is far the monastery is not a j. no, no it's. it's actually is a paradise is i don't a very we say i don't very result a very just because we are full of since we are looking of the seeing this business as normal this. but actually some to pay yeah, we're going to look a little nerve in our guide accompany cynthia on his way back to the monastery. the reunion of the 2 former troublemakers is over and they'll return to their every day lives. are you looking isn't very little that in to day, cynthia seems to have found the pathway to happiness bo,

he'll need to train for 9 more years to become an ordained monk. back in to improve, we visit grace the entrepreneur. she lives in a small 3 room apartment with her 2 children and 2 sisters. i really am for north cooper underneath the list be at holly most when you have to really tired. so in a month we used to go out with a friends and we the siblings that we can enjoy a moment. so you know, like, not exactly party, but it's a place where we can relax and enjoy some music. ha, 8. yeah, no. okay. i'm on the home this evening. grace takes her 2 sisters with her as the head of a company and head of the family. grace is one of the few car owners in baton. it's a privilege here. so ladies, let's have fun tonight. yeah,

i, so i'm gonna look somewhere else here. baton has just a handful of bars where young people can meet grace his favorite is the tim poo club. a parties bought for the capitols, affluent youth. here they let loose to pope and rat beats a far cry from traditional culture. what brings ah with one we have right now. so this is only the names that all right. i can go home and enjoy it. but i'm not lazy, it's nothing like that. will make you the normal like very hey, like you spent the golden christmas?

i think what we have on with sandra father here, men and especially women, a free to enjoy themselves without fearing the censure of a society that still quite conservative. here there the most. oh, because when it happening and see and wendy and knocking me, nick did and from the and i can find like this and they want to have a new one tonight, 11 day. what happened? i saw this is one i bought in england. mm hm. in common with me, i really enjoy a moment yet who turns society and laws are changing in december 2020 parliament decriminalized homosexuality. and at these club young people smoke and drink alcohol. oh, in public spaces, it's another story. to combat the high level of

alcoholism in the country, the government banned the sale of alcohol one day a week. now every tuesday is known as dry day. i follow it was it was a beer. why? i lose? no. see you on the lower is strictly and he had to, oh dear. this died in baton tuesday's alcohol free day when i can buy there. these are still striving. ah, dr. b, what is there either? no. and no, no, no. i think oh, the country. yeah. i why it's like it so ah, another ban smoking in public places in 2004 baton was ahead of its time

legislating on the issue during our visit. there are no smokers on the streets. however, even though the government also ban cigarette sales, many small shopkeepers, still risk selling them under the counter if you will expire for this weekend, we have to pay the fine financing. do take on my food clothes issue. yeah. it's dangerous. so yeah, i swear to dangerous terrorism. many people do like this far reaching legislation has been passed regarding food as well. though it may not always be followed to the letter as we see visiting the large markets in tim pu, 3 times await small farmers from the surrounding area. come here to sell their

spices, fruit and vegetables. oh little gannet. of course. there's also plenty of meat for sale, even though officially it's strictly forbidden to kill animals in baton. oh, you mustn't let me know of italy in their home, which was about about falling about my van. and they nearly him out of it along with meat who turns neighbor to the south supplies the country with fuel and cheap labor in the rapidly expanding capital to improve most of the construction is carried out by indian workers. almost everything is done by hand and safety standards are often lacks. but the most dangerous construction sites are located outside the city. at an altitude of almost 3000 meters, a colossal building project is changing the face of this mountain.

since 1961, thousands of indian workers have been coming every year to work on this road that's destined to cross the country from east to west. despite the magnitude of the task and its dangers, the men where know protected clothing, let alone helmets. they work with what little the company provides arjun is 18 years old, and this is his 1st time on the site visit. i don't you have other shoes? no. no, no other work share. yeah, the company provides us with some but mine a wreck in this job that i lost while we got married toxic ta fumes, mountain sickness, no protective gear and no accident insurance. this work poses many dangers, yet there is no shortage of applicants. my are on the phone with poor. if we don't

work, we stop. that's why we come here to work and earn money in a very, very price. otherwise, how else would we be able to leave that out? but i know that they work 10 hours a day, 6 days a week, often for 2 months at a time. we're able to film a typical day on the site at their makeshift camp. the workers get up at 7 each morning. oh oh, i'll go wake up. you need to wake up. okay. i'm to get up really. i'm with. i will own. this is our homes with diaper. 25 people right here, i believe. will our gases, we don't have a problem sleeping here, like this last fell castillo. now we need to go and wash and get ready. we have to go to work with that. this is the work is sleep fully dressed,

high in the mountains without heating, the temperature in the camp regularly drops below freezing, like the others are gen, leaves on the plains during the rest of the year. so this terrain is also foreign to him. i grew up in, is there any the guy? yeah. we've never seen a place like this before. there are mountains, everywhere. gorgeous and cliffs. had very dangerous working environment. as it's cold here. it snows little. yeah. even the rain is freezing. oh yeah. we've been working here for 2 months. you know, we have 10 days left and yeah, and we return to our villages governance, im gonna do some work as a counting the days more than others. sinbad is 28 years old. this is the 3rd year he's been on the site. he's in charge of the barrels of tar. ah, morgan hasn't read me. this part of my job is very dangerous. it go that we have to

melt the tar. and for that we have to heat it. move away, when you're near the back, you must be vigilant at all times that if, if they get cut out of all that you fall in, you'll die. right. i'm sorry. i know that despite the risks, sinbad cannot quit. this work allows him to support his wife and 2 children for 6 months of the year. as long as i have legs to walk, i'll keep working it. national happiness built with the blood, sweat, and t is of foreign work is happiness that has an ecological cost, but not the baton impaired in india. that these barrows go back to india with an al, very bad for the environment. so we have to count them, picked them up and send them back to india, and we have got him a lot of that, a good fit in the oven. gross national happiness is no cure all. but it has

produced some tangible results and is something the state continues to promote to the world as seen with the construction of these conference center dedicated to happiness at a time when the country is opening up to the world. baton is trying to find a way to pursue economic and social progress without sacrificing its cultural and environmental achievements. all the happiness of its people ah she's gone as leading female exit nana korean. i literally started with my baby next to the

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