No Vote, No Voice: Using Music to Connect with Youth in Bhutan

October 16, 2018
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“[Youth] are influenced by Bollywood, K-pop and the West. I want to use a musical form they can identify with and talk about what the Bhutanese are known for — Buddhism and their happy and peaceful nature,” remarks Kezang Dorji, one of Bhutan’s most popular hip-hop artists who uses music to encourage youth dialogue about democracy. After attending the International Republican Institute‘s (IRI) 2018 Generation Democracy Summit, Dorji brought together 27 Bhutanese artists to create a music video encouraging youth to vote ahead of the National Assembly’s elections on October 18, 2018.  Watch the music video here and make sure to keep up with Generation Democracy for similar stories!