The picturesque village of Sakten, up in the Bhutanese highlands, is a hardscrabble place with a population of some 2,000 hardy, semi-nomadic inhabitants. 
It may not have the pedigree,, amenities, roads, or even the lushness of other villages in its district but Sakten is a treasured, spirited and vital place, away from the uproar of modernity that has blanketed much of the Bhutanese landscape.

Sakten can boast proudly of characteristic trees, animals, birds, plants, a school, a Basic Health Unit, a monastery, and, mystifyingly, a football squad of young girls with abundant talent and grit. 

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