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| {{short description|Traditional dress worn by Bhutia, ethnic Sikkimese people}}
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| [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-07-04-19, Tibetexpedition, Töchter des Maharaja.jpg|thumb|Daughters of [[chogyal]] [[Tashi Namgyal]] wearing kho (1938).]] | |
| The '''Kho''' or '''Bakhu''' 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 people|Tibetan]] [[chuba]] and to the [[Ngalop people|Ngalop]] [[gho]] of [[Bhutan]], but sleeveless.
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| Women wear a silken, full-sleeve [[blouse]] called a ''[[wonju (Bhutan)|honju]]'' inside the kho; a loose gown type garment fastened near the waist, tightened with a belt. Married women tie a multi-coloured striped [[apron]] of woolen cloth called ''pangden'' around their waist.<ref name="Hamlet2001">{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Sikkim |last= Bareh |first=Hamlet|year=2001 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=81-7099-794-1 |pages=5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jrr7HPr8NAQC}}</ref>
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Gho]]
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| * [[Chuba]]
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| * [[Kira (Bhutan)]]
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| * [[Khada]]
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| *{{cite web|url=http://www.snowlinenews.com/The%20People%20of%20Sikkim-.htm |title=The Ethnic People of Sikkim: Their Lifestyles and Their Cultures |author=Bijaya Bantawa (ed.) |work=Snowline News online |date=2010-12-07 |access-date=2011-10-12}}
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| *{{cite web|url=http://www.indianmirror.com/tribes/bhutiatribes.html |title=Bhutia Tribes |work=Indian Mirror online |date=2010-12-14 |access-date=2011-10-12}}
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| * [[University of Hawaii Museum]]. ''[https://www.flickr.com/photos/uhmuseum/4132497148 Sikkim - Woman's Informal Ensemble].'' (dress worn by [[Hope Cooke]] in the 1960s, on [[Flickr]]).
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