Wonju (Bhutan)

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Bhutanese girls wearing kira with wonju visible

A wonju (Dzongkha: འོན་འཇུ་; Wylie: 'on-'ju)[1] is a long-sleeved blouse worn by women in Bhutan. Made of silk, polyester, or lightweight cotton, it is worn underneath the Kira, part of the national costume under the driglam namzha.[2][3][4][5][6]

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  1. ^ "༈ རྫོང་ཁ་ཨིང་ལིཤ་ཤན་སྦྱར་ཚིག་མཛོད། ༼འོ༽" [Dzongkha-English Dictionary: "'O"]. Dzongkha-English Online Dictionary. Dzongkha Development Commission, Government of Bhutan. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
  2. . Retrieved 2011-10-15.
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  4. Textile Museum, Washington D.C.
    : 25, 30. 1982. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
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  6. ^ Myers, Diana K.; Peabody Essex Museum (1994). Susan S. Bean (ed.). From the Land of the Thunder dragon: Textile Arts of Bhutan. Serindia Publications. pp. 99, 149. Retrieved 2011-10-30.