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{{short description|Traditional woman's costume of the Lepcha people}}
'''Dumdyam''', or '''dumdyám''', (also '''{{transl|lep|dumdem}}'''; [[Lepcha language|Lepcha]] for "female dress") is the traditional dress of [[Lepcha people|Lepcha women]]. It is an ankle-length garment, usually made of a single piece of smooth cotton or silk, and of a solid color. When it is worn, it is folded over one shoulder, pinned at the other shoulder, and held in place by a waistband, or ''tago'', over which excess material drapes. A contrasting long-sleeved blouse may be worn underneath. It is modernly worn on ceremonial and festive occasions.<ref>{{cite book|last=Plaisier |first=Heleen |year=2007 |title=A Grammar of Lepcha |volume=5 |series=Tibetan studies library: Languages of the greater Himalayan region |publisher=[[Brill Publishers|Brill]] |location=Leiden, The Netherlands; Boston |isbn=978-90-04-15525-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DpCXEc_9RWcC |page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ACBAAAAMAAJ |title=Family, marriage, and social change on the Indian fringe |first=S. M |last=Dubey |editor=S. M. Dubey |editor2=P. K. Bordoloi |editor3=B. N. Borthakur |publisher=Cosmo |year=1980 |pages=53, 56 |accessdate=2012-10-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Himalayan Lepchas |first=Rudranand |last=Thakur |publisher=Archives Publishers, Distributors |year=1988 |page=131 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdYtAAAAMAAJ |accessdate=2012-10-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Present Buddhist tribals and vihāras in West Bengal |first=Chittaranjan |last=Patra |publisher=Sarkar & Co |year=1991 |page=59 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Lepcha people]]
*[[Dumpra]]

==References==
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{{Clothing in South Asia}}

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[[Category:Nepalese clothing]]
[[Category:Bhutanese clothing]]

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