A toego or tego ( dz, སྟོད་གོ་, ; also romanised tögo) is a long-sleeved, short

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-like garment worn over a kira by

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. The toego is thus part of the national dress of Bhutan required by the driglam namzha along with the kira, the

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and the rachu. Both women and men in Bhutan wear the tego under the gho and over the kira.

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