The Lhop or Doya people (Dzongkha: ལྷོབ་ ་ཡང་ན་ དྲོ་ཡ) are a little-known tribe of southwest Bhutan. The Bhutanese believe them to be the aboriginal inhabitants...

(Dranjongke), Dzongkha, Nepali Religion Buddhism (Majority), Mun, Christianity Related ethnic groups Tibetan, Bhutia, Limbu, Lhop, Other Sino-Tibetan people...

Taba-Damtoe-Bikha, is one of the autochthonous languages of Bhutan spoken by the Lhop people. It is spoken in southwestern Bhutan along the border of Samtse and...

housing shortages in Samtse as reported by Kuensel. Samtse is also home to the Lhop (Doya) people, a little-studied ethnic group of approximately 2,500 persons...

various ways in which Dzongkha diverged from Tibetan. It is spoken by the Lhop people. The Lepcha language has approximately 2,000 ethnic Lepcha people...

Bhutan (Gasa, Punakha, Thimphu Districts) Languages Layakha, Dzongkha Religion Buddhism, Bön (shamanism) Related ethnic groups Ngalops, Lhops, Tibetans...

the Lhotshampa in the south. The Bhutanese Lhokpu language, spoken by the Lhop minority, is also present in the southwest along the border with Samtse District...

outside Bhutan. Tribal areas of central, southern, and eastern Bhutan (e.g., Lhop, Lepcha, and Monpa) as well as prisons in Ngalop areas of western Bhutan...

culminates in a dance. Lewis also sponsors a 3K race called the Crush Rush. LHOP is a hall-wide breakfast event where each floor prepares a different plate...

settlement and cultural influence. Among these are the Tibetan Buddhist Lhop and Hindu Toto people in the southwest. In the north the Tephoos, who immigrated...