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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
Gho with saffron scarf are worn by the King or Druk Gyalpo and the chief abbot or Je Khenpo.
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.
Tibet National Costume

National costume of Tibet is called Chuba.
2) Abaya Dress, National Costume for Islamic Women
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 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)
Sarong For Men in Indonesia and Malaysia
Baju Melayu (national costume for men in Brunei Darrusalam)
4) Thailand National Costume
Sampot Chang Kben, National dress for women in Cambodia (Khramer Dancers)
Longyi or the sarong and the Eingyi (blouse or shirt), Burmese national costumes.

Cambodia
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
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 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
8) Philippines National Costume
The Philippine national costume for women is called Baro’t Saya and for men it is called Barong Tagalog.
9) Chinese National Costumes
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.
Mongolian Chinese 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.
10) Bangladesh
Nepal National Costume
Sri Lanka
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
Tonga National costumes
Tupeno and Lungi names of Tongan national costumes. The Ta’ovala are woven mats made from pandamus leaves.
12)Albanian Traditional Costumes
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
Traditional Costumes of Bavaria
13) Traditional Costumes of Croatia
14) Czech’s and Slovenia Traditional Costumes
Slovenia Folk costumes
Traditional Costumes in Ukraine
15) Russian Traditional Costumes
16) Germany’s Traditional Costumes
17) Horn of Africa Traditional Costumes
Uganda National Costumes
Maasai, Kenya National costumes
Nigerian National Costumes
18) Amauti, National costume of the Inuits
19) Peru National Costume
Chile National Costume
Cuba National Costume
Haiti , Port Au-Prince
20) Turkish National costumes, Turkey
Morocco National Costumes