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A kabney ( Dzongkha: བཀབ་ནེ་; Wylie: ''bkab-ne'') is a silk scarf worn as a part of the gho, the traditional male attire in
from the blog "Bhutan Land Of The Thunder Dragon" by Yeshey Dorji The female traditional dress is called kira; a rachu is worn over the traditional dress kira. The rank and social class of the bearer determines the permissible color of the scarf: * Saffron scarf for the Druk Gyalpo (king) and the Je Khenpo (chief abbot). * Orange scarf for Lyonpos ( ministers and other members of the government). * Red scarf for Dashos (male members of theTime for the white kabney
; bhutanobserver.bt, May 3rd, 2013 Former scarf ranks include: * White scarf with blue stripes for Chimi (members of the
A kabney ( Dzongkha: བཀབ་ནེ་; Wylie: ''bkab-ne'') is a silk scarf worn as a part of the gho, the traditional male attire in Bhutan
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. Section "National dress", p 261 It is raw silk, normally with fringes. Kabney is worn over the traditional coat gho; it runs from the left shoulder to the right hip, and is worn at special occasions or when visiting a dzong. Kabney is also referred as ''Bura'', which means wild silk.
The use of gho and kabney is encouraged in Bhutan as a part of driglam namzha (or ''driklam namzhak''), the official code of etiquette and dress code of Bhutan. Gho is compulsory for schoolboys and government officials.Kabney & Patangfrom the blog "Bhutan Land Of The Thunder Dragon" by Yeshey Dorji The female traditional dress is called kira; a rachu is worn over the traditional dress kira. The rank and social class of the bearer determines the permissible color of the scarf: * Saffron scarf for the Druk Gyalpo (king) and the Je Khenpo (chief abbot). * Orange scarf for Lyonpos ( ministers and other members of the government). * Red scarf for Dashos (male members of the
royal family
A royal family is the immediate family of kings/queens, emirs/emiras, sultans/ sultanas, or raja/ rani and sometimes their extended family. The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or empress, and the term p ...
and higher officials). The red scarf can also be conferred upon Bhutanese civilian, as it is one of highest honors a Bhutanese civilian can receive, and comes directly from the throne in recognition of an individual's outstanding service to the nation.
* Green scarf for judges.
* Blue scarf for members of parliament.
* White scarf with red stripes for Gups (headmen of the 205 gewogs).
* White scarf for ordinary citizens.; bhutanobserver.bt, May 3rd, 2013 Former scarf ranks include: * White scarf with blue stripes for Chimi (members of the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...
). This is now used for Thrompoens, the head of Thromde.
* Blue scarf for lodoe Tsoggde.
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