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The gho or g'ô (Dzongkha: བགོ་, Dzongkha pronunciation:) [1] is the traditional and national dress for men in Bhutan. Introduced in the 17th century by Ngawang Namgyal , 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche , to give the Ngalop people a more distinctive identity, it is a knee-length robe tied at the waist by a cloth belt known as the kera ( Dzongkha ...
Bhutanese girls wearing kira and toego Bhutanese women wearing kiras. The kira (Dzongkha: དཀྱི་ར་, དཀྱིས་རས་, romanized: dkyi-ra, dkyis-ras) [1] is the national dress for women in Bhutan. It is an ankle-length dress consisting of a rectangular piece of woven fabric.
Cradled in the folds of the Himalayas, Bhutan has relied on its geographical isolation to protect itself from outside cultural influences. A sparsely populated country bordered by India to the south, and China to the north, Bhutan has long maintained a policy of strict isolationism, both culturally and economically, with the goal of preserving its cultural heritage and independence.
Bhutanese women wearing kira with tego. A toego or tego (Dzongkha: སྟོད་གོ་, Wylie: stod go; also romanised tögo) is a long-sleeved, short jacket-like garment worn over a kira by women in Bhutan.
The Bhutanese queen is a longtime fan of colorful outfits.
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The use of gho and kabney is encouraged in Bhutan as a part of driglam namzha (or driklam namzhak), the official code of etiquette and dress code of Bhutan. Gho is compulsory for schoolboys and government officials. [1] [2] The female traditional dress is called kira; a rachu is worn over the traditional dress kira. [1] [3]
The traditional jewellery made in Bhutan are heavy bracelets, komas or fasteners attached to the kira, the traditional dress of Bhutanese women, loop ear rings set with turquoise and necklaces inlaid with gem stones such as antique turquoise, coral beads and the zhi stone.