Bhutanese clothing

thumb|Bhutanese boys wearing gho at a festival in Punakha, November 2006 thumb|Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, [[Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan, wearing a gho and royal saffron kabney]] The gho or '''g'ô' (, ) 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'' (). On festive occasions, it is worn with a kabney.

thumbnail|upright|Ruling king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck with saffron kabney (reserved for the Bhutanese king and chief abbot). thumb|upright|Gho with orange kabney. A kabney (, Wylie: bkab-ne) is a silk sash worn as a part of the gho, the traditional male attire in Bhutan. It is raw silk, normally with fringes. Kabney is worn over the traditional coat gho; it runs from the left shoulder to the right hip, and is worn at special occasions or when visiting a dzong. Kabney is also referred as Bura, which means wild silk.

national dress for women in Bhutan

thumb|right|250px|Bhutanese women wearing kira (Bhutan)|kira with tego A toego or tego (, ; Roman Dzongkha: tög°o. Sometimes also romanised tögo) is a long-sleeved, short jacket-like garment worn over a kira by women in Bhutan. The toego is thus part of the national dress of Bhutan required by the driglam namzha along with the kira, the wonju and the rachu.

long-sleeved blouse worn by women in Bhutan