The tradition & historical record
1 min read · 2 sourcesThe kira (Dzongkha: དཀྱི་ར་, དཀྱིས་རས་, romanized: dkyi-ra, dkyis-ras) is the national dress for women in Bhutan. It is an ankle-length dress consisting of a rectangular piece of woven fabric. It is wrapped and folded around the body and is pinned at both shoulders, usually with silver brooches (named koma), and bound at the waist with a long belt. The kira is usually worn with a wonju (long-sleeved blouse) inside and a short jacket or toego (Dzongkha: སྟོད་གོ་, romanized: stod-go) outside. A rachu (narrow embroidered cloth draped over the left shoulder) is worn over the traditional dress kira. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Kira (Bhutan)”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
kira is national dress for women in Bhutan, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 2 external registers, which can be verified through the citation. 2