A chuba is a long sheepskin coat made of thick

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Taman ...

an wool worn by many of the

nomadic A nomad is a member of a community without fixed habitation who regularly moves to and from the same areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the popu ...

peoples of high altitude in the cold mountains of Tibet. The traditional sherpa clothing is distinctive to solu-khumba, the basic garment of the sherpas; the ''chuba'' originated in the cold climate of Tibet. A chuba is a warm ankle-length robe that is bound around the waist by a long sash. Its upper portion becomes a large pocket for everything from money to bowls. In the past, chubas were made from strips of hand-woven woollen cloth; they were originally the un-dyed white colour of the sheep's wool from Tibet. More recently, black or brown dyes have been used. On trading trips to Tibet, people often wore sheep skin chubas, jackets or pants.

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