Summary of the different colour ceremonial scarves in Bhutan: On the 113th National Day held on 17th December 2020, His Majesty the King awarded the Lungmar Scarf to Prime Minister Dasho Dr Lotay Tshering, and the Red Scarf to the Health Minister Dasho Dechen Wangmo, Chief Election Commissioner Dasho Sonam Tobgay (formerly Home Secretary) and the Land Secretary Dasho Pema Chewang. The Lungmar scarf existed during the time of His Majesty The Third Druk Gyalpo, and has been reinstituted, with the former Prime Minister, Dasho Tshering Tobgay as its first recipient in 2014. ‘Lung-mar’ is a compounded form of two words, lungserma (red-gold) and Marp (Red).

And individuals who are awarded with either the Bura Marp or Lungmar scarf will be given the honorary title of Dasho conferred by His Majesty the King. The red scarves (Bura Marp) or red-gold (Lungmar) scarves are awarded to outstanding individuals to recognise their excellent service to the nation. His Majesty the King of Bhutan (Druk Gyalpo) and the Chief Abbot (Je Khenpo) wears a saffron scarf. Members of the National Assembly and National Council wear a dark blue scarf.ĭeputy Ministers and Ministers wear orange scarf without fringes. The commoners will wear a white kabney (males) while the females will wear colourful rachu with intricate design.įor the district administrators and governors ( Dzongdag, Drangpon, Dzongrab, Drungpa), they will wear a white scarf with fringes and red band with one, two or three stripes.įor village chiefs (Gups), the scarf will be red with fringes and two broad, red vertical borders known as khamar. The rank of the bearer will determine the colour of kabney or rachu that he or she wears. Women wear a rachu, a narrow embroidered cloth draped over the left shoulder. Men will wear a silk scarf called a kabney from left shoulder to the hip. When visiting the dzong or government offices bearing the national flag, Bhutanese will wear the national costume with ceremonial scarves. The textiles are mostly handwoven and intricately designed by talented weavers throughout the country. The kira is often worn with colourful blouses called wonju alongside a tego (an outer jacket). Women wear the kira, an ankle-length dress, a large rectangular cloth clasp together by a koma (brooches). Under the gho, men wear a tegu, a white jacket with long, folded-back cuffs. The traditional dress for men is the gho, a knee-length robe tied with a handwoven belt, known as kera. You can see locals donning their national costume with pride on a daily basis throughout the entire country. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.Bhutan’s national costume is deemed very important in the preservation of its culture and national identity. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.

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