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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.
The Kho (Tibetan: ཁོ, THL: kho) or Bakhu (Nepali: बख्खु) is the traditional dress worn by the Bhutias, an ethnic group native to the Indian state of Sikkim. It is a loose, cloak like garment that is fastened at the neck on one side and near the waist with a silk or cotton belt similar to the Tibetan chuba and the Mongolian Deel.
The Bhutanese queen is a longtime fan of colorful outfits.
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.
Bhutanese girls wearing kira with wonju visible A wonju ( Dzongkha : འོན་འཇུ་; Wylie : 'on-'ju ) [ 1 ] is a long-sleeved blouse worn by women in Bhutan . Made of silk, polyester, or lightweight cotton, it is worn underneath the Kira , part of the national costume under the driglam namzha .
Nowadays that includes the smuggling of bootleg Chinese blankets and plastic goods which are embargoed by the Bhutanese government, but in much demand by Bhutanese villagers. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] Traditionally, the Layap lived a semi-nomadic lifestyle, who rearing yaks and dzos , although in recent times small ponies may also be found in the area.