Figure 1.--These two Bhutan boys are doing some of their school reading. We are not yet sure what the traditional Bhutan garments are called. |
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Bhutan is one of two small Himalayan kingdoms nestled between Tibet, China, and India and as a result has been influenced over time by those countries. There was also a short period of British influence durung the Raj. Bhutan is by China (Tibet) to the north and India to the south and is very clode to Bangladesh. The other Himalayan kingdom is located a few miles to the west. .
The country is ruled by a hereditary monarch. It is a very traditional societies with an economy based on agriculture. Bhutan is a largely Buddhist country with influences from both India and Tibet. The legal system is based on Buddhist law and English common law. The heart if Bhutan is the
Kathmandu Valley which had been the enter if the monarchy for 1,500 years. Few countries have a more majestic setting--surrounded by the towering Himalayas and nine of the planets highest mountain peaks (including Mount Everest and Annapurna I). Nepal began to emerge from its medieval isolation in the 16th century when the House of Gorkha by Dravya Shah (1559). Gorkha monarchs expanded the kingdom into a major state into what is now India (late 18th century). This brought Bhutan into conlict with the British East India Company. The Anglo- Nepalese War (1814-16) was fought in the later stage of the Napoleonic War in Europe. The Treaty of Sagauli ended the War, but left Bhutan with its much reduced moddern boundaries.
Bhutan is one of two small Himalayan kingdoms nestled between Tibet, China, and India. Few countries have a more majestic setting--surrounded by the towering Himalayas and nine of the planets highest mountain peaks (including Mount Everest and Annapurna I).
Bhutan as a small mountaneous kingdom has been influenced by the larger countries surrounding it (China, India, and Tibet). There was also a short period of British influence durung the Raj. Bhutan is by China (Tibet) to the north and India to the south and is very clode to Bangladesh. The other Himalayan kingdom is located a few miles to the west. .
The country is ruled by a hereditary monarch. It is a very traditional societies with an economy based on agriculture. Bhutan is a largely Buddhist country with influences from both India and Tibet. The legal system is based on Buddhist law and English common law. The heart if Bhutan is the Kathmandu Valley which had been the enter if the monarchy for 1,500 years. Nepal began to emerge from its medieval isolation in the 16th century when the House of Gorkha by Dravya Shah (1559). Gorkha monarchs expanded the kingdom into a major state into what is now India (late 18th century). This brought Bhutan into conlict with the British East India Company. The Anglo- Nepalese War (1814-16) was fought in the later stage of the Napoleonic War in Europe. (At about the same time as the British fought a war with America.) The Treaty of Sagauli ended the War, but left Bhutan with its much reduced moddern boundaries.
We do not yet have much information about Bhutan clothing. Here we see two modern Bhutan boys, but its a little difficult to make out just what they are wearing (figure 1). A reader writes, "As we can see, the boys here are wearing skirt-like kilts. Is that common in Bhutan?" HBC as this time is unsure. We still know very little about Bhutan. Their outfits do not look like kilts to us. Notice that there is no pleating. Rather they seem to be wearing a robe-like jacket, perhaps with short pants. We aals notice striped robes with what look like form fitting long pants. We do not yet know if there were traditional garments specifucally for children. we are unsure just what these traditional garments are called. Western garments seem to have made only limited inroads in popular fashion. Here the isolation of Bhutan is probably a key factor.
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