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...

Numerous ethnic groups inhabit Bhutan, but the Ngalop people who speak the Dzongkha language constitute a majority of the Bhutanese population. The Bhutanese...

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 waist...

central Bhutan typically mirror those of the dominant Ngalop people culture of the country. The term "Ngalop" may subsume several related linguistic and cultural...

that the average life expectancy at birth has surpassed 70. Ngalop people and Sharchop people 63% Lhotsampas (also known as Nepalis) 22% Indigenous or migrant...

the Mönpa and that both are descendants of the indigenous Tibetic peoples (pre-Ngalop) of Bhutan. Due to the societal prominence and political power of...

whereas others practice animism and Hinduism. In the early 2000s, the Ngalop people, descendants of Tibetan immigrants, comprised the majority of the population...

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, in...

Lunana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) "How many people speak Dzongkha?". languagecomparison.com. Retrieved 2018-03-15. "Constitution...

lowlands, who complained about being forced to wear the clothing of the Ngalop people. Under the Driglam Namzha, men wear a heavy knee-length robe tied with...

Khimling, Bhidang. A third related group are the Dzongkha speaking Ngalop people, the main ethnolinguistic group of Bhutan. The Bhotiya are also related...

The Tibetan people (Tibetan: བོད་པ་, Wylie: bod pa, THL: bö pa) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet. Their current population is estimated to...

institution of the Bhutanese monarchy, require familiarity and adherence to Ngalop social norms, and reflect the social impact of the most recent immigrant...

waist with a silk or cotton belt similar to the Tibetan chuba and to the Ngalop gho of Bhutan, but sleeveless. Women wear a silken, full-sleeve blouse called...

on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011. "Peoples Forum for Human Rights- Bhutan". Bhutan People's Party online. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original...

featured in all three. Other distinctive symbols of Bhutan and its dominant Ngalop culture include Dzongkha, the national language; the Bhutanese monarchy;...

The Bumthangpa or Bumthang people are an ethnic group of central Bhutan primarily living in the four main valleys, namely Ura, Chumey, Tang and Choekhor...

refer to: Druk, of or pertaining to Bhutan of or pertaining to the Ngalop people, the majority ethnicity in Bhutan Druk Gyalpo "Thunder Dragon King"...

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-mala[.] Under pressure to assimilate into the mainstream Dzongkha-speaking Ngalop culture, this proximity has resulted in significant loss of its particularly...

assassination in 842, Tibetans continued to flee to western Bhutan, the Ngalop homeland. The centuries that followed, known as the Era of Fragmentation...

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upon the way of life by enforcing driglam namzha for all people, requiring them to dress in Ngalop robes and follow Drukpa Buddhist practices from attending...

and eastern Bhutan (e.g., Lhop, Lepcha, and Monpa) as well as prisons in Ngalop areas of western Bhutan were domestic sources of slaves. Outside Bhutan...

"Bumthang languages." The term Ngalop may subsume several related linguistic and cultural groups, such as the Kheng people and speakers of Bumthang language...

of the central valleys of Paro, Thimphu, and Punakha, the heart of the Ngalop cultural area.: 136, 164  Although considered secular, the lyrics of zhungdra...

The Layap (Dzongkha: ལ་ཡཔ་) are an indigenous people inhabiting the high mountains of northwest Bhutan in the village of Laya, in the Gasa District, at...

Economic Cooperation. Yunnan Province and the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Myanmar are historically, economically, and...

code at the same time, to have the Lhotshampa population assimilate into Ngalop society.: 38–39  The government explained its cultural identity programs...

literacy rate in Bhutan is around 66 per cent. Bhutanese people primarily consist of the Ngalops and Sharchops, called the Western Bhutanese and Eastern...