The national costume, also called folk costume, regional costumes or traditional dress, according to national symbols, colors, geographical areas and history of one’s country and region, national cultures and traditions, is as symbol to identify which group of ethnic people they belong and their country respectively. It also indicate social, religious and marital status of a person. The national costumes are commonly worn during festivals or important event of their country. There are countries or regions where the national costumes are required by their laws to wear as a respect for their religion, cultures and traditions just like in Saudi Arabia, where the women are strictly obliged to wear their Abaya or in Bhutan, where the Bhutanese men wear traditional Gho and Kera, while the women wear their Kira and Toego.
1) Gho and Kera, for Bhutanese Men
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk, wearing a Gho and saffron kabney
Gho with saffron scarf are worn by the King or Druk Gyalpo and the chief abbot or Je Khenpo.
Gho with orange Khabney, worn by the ministers of Bhutan
The orange Khabney or scarf are worn by the Bhutan ministers. The Blue scarf, are worn by the Royal consultant councils (Lodoi Tsokde) and members of the National Assembly. The red khabney are for the royal family male members and the higher officials; the green khabney are for the judicial members; the white khabney with red stripes are for the headmen or Gups of the 205 gewogs or geogs; the white khabney with blue stripes are worn by the members of the National Assembly or Chimi and the plain-white khabney are for the ordinary citizens.
Bhutanese women wearing their national costumes, Kira and Toego
Bhutanese women wearing national folk costume during a festival
Tibet National Costume
Tibetan women wearing a U-Tsang Chubas, traditional dress
Tibetan National Costume
Tibetan Costumes
National costume of Tibet is called Chuba.
2) Abaya Dress, National Costume for Islamic Women
Abaya, women in Saudi Arabia
Muslim woman fo Yemen, wearing a Niqab, covering her face
Yemeni doctor wearing a white Niqab
The Abaya is the traditional dress worn by the Islamic women in Turkey, North Africa and the Middle East and Arabian Peninsula. The traditional Abaya are usually black with a cloak-like fabric draped from the shoulders covering the whole body. It is commonly worn with caftan or head covering cloth and the niqab, a veil that covers the face leaving only the eyes exposed. Some wear black gloves to cover their hands.
Burqa
Burqa national costume for Afganistan Islamic women
Kurta National costume for Afghan men
Kurta national dress for Afghan, Pakistani men
Pashtun traditional dress with Karakul hat, Afghanistan
Woman wearing a Burqa in Iran wiki
Burqa is an outer clothing worn by Islamic women to cover their whole bodies and worn with niqab, a veil covering their faces.
3) Kebaya (Indonesia and Malaysia National Costume for women)
Kebaya, traditional national costume worn by Peranakan Chinese and Baba-Nyonya
Kebaya National Costume in modern look
Flight Stewardess of Garuda Airlines in Kebaya and Kain Batik sarong
Sarong For Men in Indonesia and Malaysia
Javanese men wearing Sarongs as their traditional and national costumes
Baju Melayu (national costume for men in Brunei Darrusalam)
Baju Melayu, traditional dress for Malay men
Baju Kurung, typical traditional dress of the Malay women
4) Thailand National Costume
Thailand national costume for men
Thailand National Costume for women
Miss Thailand, wearing her national costume during the Miss Universe
Thailand National costumes
Sampot Chang Kben, National dress for women in Cambodia (Khramer Dancers)
Sampot Chang Kben, worn by traditional Khramer dancers in Cambodia and Burma
Kachin Burmese national costumes
Myint Aung, Burmese traditional costumes for men
Traditional costumes, Myanmar, Burma
Longyi or the sarong and the Eingyi (blouse or shirt), Burmese national costumes.
Cambodia
Traditional costume, Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Cambodia national costume worn by Khramer dancers
Cambodia’s traditional wedding dress
Sampot and padaan the national costumes in Cambodia, also adopted by Laos and Thailand. The women’s clothing is commonly called Sampot Chang Kben or Chong Kraben. The luxurious fabrics worn by rich or royal Cambodians is called Sampot Phamuong Chorabap. Their traditional checkered scarf is called krama.
5) Vietnam National Costume
Vietnam Traditional costume for men
Vietnam National costume called Ao Dai
Ao Dai, Vietnam national and traditional costumes for women in Vietnam
Ao Dai and Ao Ba Ba, national costume in Vietnam
Ao dai is the national costume of Vietnam. Ao Ba is the silk pants worn by men and women.
6) Traditional National Costume of Korea
Korean national and traditional costume Hanbok Dangui
Korean National costume for men and women
Jeogori (upper blouse of Hanbok) and the Chima, the wrap around long skirt
Korean national costume is called Hanbok in South Korea and Choson-ot in North Korea. The blouse is called Jeogori and the wrap-around skirt is called Chima, and so they commonly called their traditional dress as Chima Jeogori.
7) Japanese Traditional National Costume, the Kimono
Japanese national costume is called Kimono
Japanese Kimono, National Costume of Japan
Japanese kimono National costume for men
Kaiso Kimono traditional dress for Japanese men
Philippines National Costume
Philippines national costume
Philippine National Costume
Barong Tagalog, Philippines national costume for men
Philippines Barong Tagalog national costume for men
The Philippine national costume for women is called Baro’t Saya and for men it is called Barong Tagalog.
9) Chinese National Costumes
Chinese traditional national costume for men
Cheongsam, Chinese national costume for women
The Chinese national costume for women is called qipao but most common name is Cheongsam or Mandarin gown. The men’s national clothing is called Changsan, Changpao or dagua.
Chinese Ethnic group traditional costume
Qu Xuedong, China national costume
Mongolian Chinese National Costume
Mongolian National costume
Hohhot Mongolian ethnic tribe national costumes
Hohhot Mongolian women wearing national costumes
Mongol Deel , Mongolian national costumes
Buryat Mongolian man in National Costume
The Buryat deel, has a square opening edges on the chest area, while the Khalkha deel, it has round and thin chest opening.
Mongolian women, wearing the Khalkha deel design
10) Bangladesh
Bangladesh women in National dress
Bangladeshi women wearing National costumes
Bangladesh Traditional bridal dress
Nepal National Costume
Gunyou Cholo, traditional dress for Nepali women
Gunyou Cholo, national dress for Pakistani women and Dhaka Topi, national dress nor Nepali men
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka or Tamil women in Sari, national dress wiki
Sri Lanka national dress, using Batik fabric
Miss Sri Lanka, wearing the national costume
Sri Lankan man, wearing the traditional Achan Dhuti national dress
In India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the national costume for women is called Sari, but come in different variations according to region. The men’s national dress is called Sarong, dhoti or pancha, or Lungi.
11) Maori National costumes, New Zealand
Maori traditional costumes, New Zealand
Maori warriors wearing traditional costumes
Tonga National costumes
Tongan National costumes
Ta’ovala national dress, newly wed Tongan couples (
Ta’ovala mats, worn by grieving family in a funeral in Tonga
Kie-kie, Tongan dress worn by women made of knitred plastic rope
Tupeno and Lungi names of Tongan national costumes. The Ta’ovala are woven mats made from pandamus leaves.
12)Albanian Traditional Costumes
Albanian man in traditional costume wiki
traditional Albanian’s women’s dress
Northern Albanian couple in their National costumes
Greek Guards wearing Fustanella skirt, as their uniform, Athens, Greece
The national costume of the Republic of Albania (south of Greece and east of the Republic of Macedonia) is called veshjet kombetare, veshjet popullare or kostumet kombetare. The traditional belt is called Brez, and the traditional pants is called corape, Xhaqele is the traditional vest and opinga is the traditional shoes. The Fustanella skirt is the national costume worn by men in Alabania and in some European regions. Tirq or tirc, is the traditional pants. The Brekusha is the traditional pants for men and women, the Xhubleta and Mbeshtjellese is only for women’s wear.
Austrian Traditional Costumes
Austrian Black Forest Tracht, traditional Austrian costumes for women
Austrian Tracht, national costume for Austrian men
Austrian Tracht, Traditional costumes
Traditional Costumes of Bavaria
Bavarian Lederhosen Miesbascher Tracht (Traditional costumes of Bavaria)
Men of Bavaria, wearing traditional Lederhosen shorts
13) Traditional Costumes of Croatia
Croatian men’s Dinaric traditional costume
Croatian National costumes
Croatians National dress, Croatia
Dalmatia Region national costumes, Croatia
Dalmatia Region’s traditional costumes, Croatia
14) Czech’s and Slovenia Traditional Costumes
Czech’s and Slovaks Kroje, National costumes
Czech Folk costumes (male and female)
Slovenia Folk costumes
Slovenian national dress
Slovenian national costume during a festival
Slovenian national costume
Traditional Costumes in Ukraine
Ukraine Carpatho-Rusyn folk costumes
Carpatho-Rusyn national dress, Ukraine
Poltava national costume worn by Ukranian women
Ukraine folk costumes
15) Russian Traditional Costumes
Russian Traditional dress
Russian traditional costumes
16) Germany’s Traditional Costumes
Dirndls national dress of German women
Germany’s Dirndle traditional dress
17) Horn of Africa Traditional Costumes
Ghanians wearing Dashikis and Kufis, national costumes of Accra, Ghana
Ghanaians wearing national costumes in a ceremony in Ghana
Ghana Dashikis National costumes for men
Uganda National Costumes
Kanzu worn by Uganda men in a ceremony, Kampala, Uganda
Gomesi national costume for Ghanian women
Kenyan National costumes
Khanga worn by Kenyan as national dress for everyday use
Maasai, Kenya National costumes
Maasai men wearing traditional national costumes
Masai, Kenyan national costumes
Nigerian National Costumes
Nigerian woman wearing a Buba and skirt, a traditional costumes
Kaftan worn by Nigerian woman as their national costumes
Nigerian Aso-Oke national costume
Miss Nigeria in her national costume
Head tie of Ivorain woman, a traditional headress of Afican women
Djibouti woman in her national costume
18) Amauti, National costume of the Inuits
Amauti national costumes of Inuit
Amautit angajuqtaujaq national costume of Inuit
19) Peru National Costume
Peru national costume men
Patacancha Inkans national costumes
Chile National Costume
Chile National Costume
Chile National Costume
Cuba National Costume
Havana, Cuba, women in their national costumes
women of Havana, Cuba in their national costumes
Haiti , Port Au-Prince
National costumes in a traditional ceremony in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
Haitian women wearing national red costumes
20) Turkish National costumes, Turkey
Turkish and Balkans National costumes, Turkey
Turkish wearing national costumes
National costumes of Turkish in the Isle of Karpathos, Greece
Morocco National Costumes
Women of Morocco wearing national costumes
Moroccan garment for men, national costume
Moroccan woman in her National costume
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