Sikkim Costumes and Traditional Dress

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 people of Sikkim 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 gho of Bhutan, 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.

See also

• Gho
• Chuba
• Kira (Bhutan)
• Khada

External links

• 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).