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Sikkim Costumes and Traditional Dress

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Daughters of chogyal Tashi Namgyal wearing kho (1938).

Storyteller, painting by Gaganendranath Tagore

The Kho(ཁོ) is a traditional dress worn by Bhutia, ethnic Sikkimese peopleofSikkim and Nepal. It is a loose, cloak-style 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 to the Ngalop ghoofBhutan, but sleeveless.

Women wear a silken, full-sleeve blouse called a honju inside the kho; a loose gown type garment fastened near the waist, tightened with a belt. Bareh, Hamlet (2001). Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Sikkim. Mittal Publications. p. 5. ISBN 81-7099-794-1.</ref>

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Bijaya Bantawa, ed. (7 December 2010). "The Ethnic People of Sikkim: Their Lifestyles and Their Cultures". Snowline News online. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
"Bhutia Tribes". Indian Mirror online. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
University of Hawaii Museum. Sikkim - Woman's Informal Ensemble. (dress worn by Hope Cooke in the 1960s, on Flickr).

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