Bomena, as ‘night hunting’ was originally called within the Bhutanese tongue, literally means ‘going towards a girl’. This courtship involves a boy stealthily entering a girl’s house at nighttime for courtship or coitus with or without prior consultation.
Young men walkout at nighttime to work out a lady for love or s$xual relationship. Young men, thus, would slip away from their houses after their families visited bed. While some may have a prearranged date to travel to and thus travel alone to the young woman’s house, others could also try their luck and get into groups.
Although they begin in groups and should help one another in entering the homes, they slowly disperse as each finds his thanks to his intended fill. As most Bhutanese houses are two or three-storied buildings with human habitation totally on the highest floor, entering the home is often an excellent challenge.
The dearth of internal door locks and therefore the easily moveable window shutters in traditional Bhutanese farmhouses helped the young men find how in. If a young man had already set a date with the woman, she could help him by leaving the door unlatched. the homes also are often guarded by fierce dogs at nighttime and therefore the young man has got to overcome this obstruction, which they will handle befriending the dog prior to.
Once within the house, a replacement visitor needs to also determine where the intended young lady is sleeping in stealth under the quilt of darkness. this is often harsh as many traditional Bhutanese families all slept in one large room, which is employed because of the kitchen, living, and bedroom. a hunt might be foiled with a wrong step or movement, with visitors stepping on the family cat or bumping the kitchen utensils, wakening the full family.
If a strict parent responds to the visitor, he or she may light the candles and chase him away, or perhaps throw sticks or other things in his direction. However, most parents accept the culture and ignore the intruder unless the fille complains.
