Sikkim has a diverse culture that is a blend of Nepalese, Tibetan, and indigenous Sikkimese influences. The main languages spoken are Sikkimese, an official language of India, and Lepcha. Traditional Sikkimese food features maize and fermented vegetables and is mostly non-vegetarian. The traditional dress varies by ethnic group, with the Bhutia wearing a loose cloak called a bakhu, the Lepcha wearing a white pyjama and embroidered cap, and the Nepalese wearing long double-breasted garments called shuruvals for men and brightly colored wraps called pharis for women. Buddhist monasteries dot the dramatic Himalayan landscape of S

1. CULTURE AND CUSTOM OF SIKKIM
Project on Sikkim
Culture

2. About Sikkim
 Sikkim is a state in North East India, bordered by
Bhutan and Nepal .Part of the Himalayas, area
as a dramatic landscape the includes India’s
highest mountain, 8,586m kangchenjunga.
Sikkim is also home to glaciers, alpine meadows
and thousands of varieties of wildflowers. Steep
paths lead to hilltop Buddhist monasteries such
as pemayangtse, which states to the early
1700s.

3. Languages of Sikkim
 The sikkimese language, also called sikkimese
Tibetan, bhutia, or Drenjongke, Dranjoke, Denjongka,
Denzongpeke and Denzongke, belongs to the
southern tabetic languages. It is spoken by the bhutia
in Sikkim, India and its parts of Mechie zone, nepal.
 Writing system : Tibetan script
 Official language in India : Sikkim
 Native speakers : 70,000(2001)
 Reason : Sikkim, Nepal (mechi zone), Bhutan
 Ethnicity : sikkimese
 People also search for : lepcha language, limbu
language
 Language family : tibeto-burman languages, sino-
tibetan language

4. Traditional food of Sikkim
 The food of Sikkim is rich
mixture of Nepalese,
Tibetan and native
sikkimese food. This blend
of the three cultures is very
soothing on the taste buds
and leaves you craving as
soon as you drop your plate.
Maize is one of the staple
produced consumed in
Sikkim. The cuisine of
Sikkim is majorly non
vegetarian. A lot of
vegetables are fermented to
preserve them for a longer

5. Famous food of Sikkim

6. Culture Sikkim

7. Sikkim dress
 The grandeur of Sikkim as a favourite offbeat
holuday getaway does not lie only in
outstandingly the picturesque sceneries or its lip-
smacking cuisine but also in its extremely warm-
heated populace whick is so diverse yet so
intricately connecred. The clothing of Sikkim
shows this diversity and exemplifies social and
cultural life of the three main resident
communities-the lepchas, Bhutias and the
nepalis.

8. Sikkim traditional dress
 The main costume donned by bhutias is the
Bakhu(according to the Nepalese dialect) or Kho(
according to the bhutia dialect). Worn by men and women
alike, Bakhu is very similar to the Tibetan chuba, except
that it is sleeveless. It is a loose cloak-like garb which is
tied at the neck and tightened around the waist by a belt
made of silk or cotton.
 2)Thokro-Dum
 The Thokro-Dum is the primary outfit for the lepcha
community members. Usually, the lepcha bread makers
spot this. It consists of a white pyjama streching up to the
calves, almost resembling a karate player’s outfit.
Yenthatese, a lepcha shirt and shambo, an embroidered
cap are paired with it. A multicolored, hand-woven cloth

9.  3) Dumvum•
 The traditional attire of lepcha women involve a
sari like garment known as Dumvum or Dumyam.
It is an ankle length outfit , silky and smooth
binding comfort and culture together. Underneath,
a loose fitting blouse in a contrasting colour is
worn known as tago. To complete the look, a type
of belt called the Nyamrek and taro, a cap is
worn. A scarf called gorey is often used to cover
the head.

10.  4) Shuruval
 The Nepalese men of Sikkim wear this outfit. Long
double breasted garment flows below the waist along
with the trouser. The churidar(bottom) is called
Shuruval and the pyjama(shirt) who is known as
daura. Askot, waistcoat and patuki, a belt is worn to
complement the shuruval. They also carry the khukri-
a heavy weapon carried in a leather case known as
daab.
 5) Pharis
 Augmenting the grace of Nepalese women, traditional
attire called pharia is available in a variety of different
hues. Like in the case of the bhutias, an long, loose
blouse fastened on four sides is worn, standing true to
its ame, chaubandi cholo. For extra coverage, the
upper body is wrapped elegantly with the piece of
cloth that comes in beautiful prints known as