- The
Ngalop (Dzongkha: སྔ་ལོང་པ་ Wylie: snga long pa; "earliest
risen people" or "first
converted people"
according to folk etymology) are
people of Tibetan...
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Numerous ethnic groups inhabit Bhutan, with the
Ngalop people who
speak the
Dzongkha language being a
majority of the
Bhutanese po****tion. The Bhutanese...
- ****imilated into the
culturally and
politically dominant Tibetic Ngalop culture. Together, the
Ngalop, Sharchop, and
tribal groups constituted up to 72 percent...
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public spaces.
Bhutanese citizens must wear the
traditional clothing of the
Ngalop people,
including a gho and kera for men and a kira and
wonju for women...
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institution of the
Bhutanese monarchy,
require familiarity and
adherence to
Ngalop social norms, and
reflect the
social impact of the most
recent immigrant...
- the 17th
century by
Ngawang Namgyal, 1st
Zhabdrung Rinpoche, to give the
Ngalop people a more
distinctive identity, it is a knee-length robe tied at the...
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ethnic groups Sherpa · Jirel · }Tamang · Lhoba · Monpa · Gurung · Qiang ·
Ngalop · Sharchop · Ladakhis · Baltis · Burig · Kachin · Yi · Bamar ·
Other Sino-Tibetan-speaking...
- Tob****
announced that the
average life
expectancy at
birth has surp****ed 70.
Ngalop people and
Sharchop people (63%)
Lhotsampas (also
known as Nepalis) (22%)...
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central Bhutan typically mirror those of the
dominant Ngalop people culture of the country. The term "
Ngalop" may
subsume several related linguistic and cultural...
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demographic size, the
Ngalops dominate the
political sphere, as the King and the
political elite belong to this group.
Ngalops culture is
closely related...
