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Bhutan - The Brokpa - Making 'Datse', a small handmade cheese made from cow's milk

A Brokpa woman making 'Datse', a small handmade cheese made from cow's milk. Rural Bhutanese farmers make butter and cheese partly for storage or as a preserved form of milk for self consumption, with any excess being sold for cash or traded with neighbouring villages for daily necessities.

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A Brokpa woman making 'Datse', a small handmade cheese made from cow's milk. Rural Bhutanese farmers make butter and cheese partly for storage or as a preserved form of milk for self consumption, with any excess being sold for cash or traded with neighbouring villages for daily necessities.