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  Ethnic Mosaic: The Peoples of Bhutan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Lhopus are shifting cultivators (maize, millet and sorghum), raise cattle but they also hunt, fish and gather forest products.
It is a rectangular cloth knotted behind the neck, folded into two pleats in the back, bloused over a belt and worn short for the men; knotted at the shoulder, belted and worn long for the women.
To the west of the Lhopus, in the region of Denchukha along the northern A mo chu river, are the Lepchas amounting to about 1000 people and speaking a Tibeto-Burman language of the Naga group.
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  Lhop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lhop are found in the low valleys of Samtse and near Phuntsoling in the Duars.
They are also known as the Lhops, Lhopu, or Lhokpu and speak a Tibeto-Burman language.
The dress of the Lhop resembles the Lepcha, but they bear little similarity with the Bhutia in the North and the Toto in the west.
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 Blue Poppy Tours and Treks
The Lhotshampas came from Nepal in the early 20th century in search of agricultural land and work, settling in the southern foothills of the country.
Minority groups in Bhutan include the Layap, Brokpa, Doya, Lhopu, Dhakpa and Lepcha.
This diversity in ethnicity, as well as the geographic isolation of Bhutan’s highland villages, has resulted in the emergence of about 19 different languages and dialects spoken by different ethnic groups around the country.
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 Himalayan Frontiers - The Magic of Bhutan
The third group Lhotsampas are the Nepali origin that settled in the foothills of southern Bhutan in mid 19th century.
There are other minority groups in Bhutan such as Layap, Brokpa, Doya, Lhopu, Dhakpa and Lepcha.
The men wear a knee-length garment called ‘Gho’ which resembles the Scottish Kilt.
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 History of Bhutan at AllExperts
Archeological finds suggest the mountain valleys of Bhutan have been inhabited for several thousand years.
The Bhutanese believe the Lhopu (a small tribe in southwest Bhutan who speak a Tibeto-Burman language) to be the aboriginal inhabitants of the country, who were subsequently displaced by the arrival of Tibetans of Mongolian descent.
Others consider the identification too narrow, and suggest that various other tribes represent the aboriginal peoples.
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