National DRESS OF BHUTAN
THE NATIONAL DRESS OF BHUTAN
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GHO AND KIRA
KIRA
💓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.
💚💘 It is wrapped and folded around the body and is pinned at both shoulders, usually with💗💖 silver brooches (named koma), and bound at the waist with a long belt.
💖💖The kira is usually worn with a wonju (long-sleeved blouse) inside and a short jacket or toego (Dzongkha: སྟོད་གོ་, romanized: stod-go) outside.💙💙
GHO
💞💞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: སྐེད་རགས་, romanized: sked rags).[2][3][4] On festive occasions, it is worn💙💗 with a kabney.
💛💛The government of Bhutan requires all💕💓 men to wear the gho if they work in a government office or school.
💗💗Men are also required to💕💕 wear the gho on formal occasions. In its💟💟 modern form, the law dates from 1989, but the driglam namzha dress code is much older.
💝💝The traditional dress for💖💖 men is the gho, a knee-length robe💙💛 tied with a handwoven belt, known as kera. Under the gho, men wear💖💖 a tego, a white jacket with long, folded-back cuffs.
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