His Royal Highness Prince Jigyel delivers opening remarks in the Texas Dance Hall Tent at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Behind him on the left is Richard Kennedy, the acting director of the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. “Bhutan and America are indeed two very different nations, different in size, wealth, geography and population,” His Royal Highness told the assembled crowd to thunderous applause. “But together we share common values of liberty, justice and the pursuit of happiness.”
