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More than 40,000 volunteers build 108 Buddhist stupas for Bhutan's planned mindfulness city
The 15-meter-tall monuments stretch along 12 kilometers of riverbank at the site of the future Gelephu Mindfulness City.
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Bhutan hopes the planned city will attract investment, create jobs and persuade more young people to stay. Analysts question whether it can draw enough investment to realize that vision. Officials said around 200,000 people attended the Nov. 1 ceremony.
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