Toego
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.[1][2][3][4] The toego is thus part of the national dress of Bhutan required by the driglam namzha along with the kira and wonju.
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Bhutanese women wearing kira with tego
Both men and women in Bhutan wear the tego under the gho and kira.[5]
See also
References
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- Pem, Tandin; Wangchuk, Jigme (2011-10-14). "Bhutan's New Queen Is at Home". Bhutan Observer online. Archived from the original on 2012-02-02. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
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