A toego or tego (, ; Roman Dzongkha: ''tög°o''. Sometimes also romanised tögo) is a long-sleeved, short

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-like garment worn over a kira by women in Bhutan. The toego is thus part of the national dress of Bhutan required by the

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along with the kira, the

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and the rachu. Both women and men in Bhutan wear the tego under the

gho 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 ...

and over the kira.

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