Tibetan Shoes

When you pay a visit to Tibet, you will notice that there are some beautiful embroidered shoes available in some Tibetan market. These handcrafts not only can show the exquisite craftsmanship, but also the special aesthetic interest in Tibet, as well as embody the gorgeousness and richness of Tibet .Explore Tibet Team, a professional Tibet travel agency, today introduces Tibetan Shoes to you.

Tibetan Shoes

Tibetan shoes have no distinction between left and right. The left one and the right one is identical,so you don’t have to pay attention to this when you intend to wear them.
In the past, the hierarchy of Tibetan is very strict, so Tibetans has to wear shoes to match their social status and Tibetan boots only worn by Tibetan aristocracy, and then gradually have evolved to be a necessity of Tibetan people during important festivals.
Tibetan boots are called Sumba. They are both warm and beautiful. Usually they are black tweed boots, and the soles of the shoes are made from oxhide. Besides, there are some embroidered with all kinds of patterns on it. Tibetan boots have a history of more than 600 years in some small village of Tibet. They are various in different styles and sizes. No matter male or female in all ages can wear this kind of boots. Religious people love to wear shoes made of satin or woolen fabrics. Monks love to wear Gyiachin shoes, meaning rainbow in Chinese, and these some yellow shoes carry religious meaning but comparatively lower in quality.
Making Tibetan shoes is a hard task. Their hands of most shoe makers are covered with blisters.How to keep the beauty, the simplicity, the holiness, and the mystery of Tibet in mind after returning home?.It is a really good tourism souvenir in your Tibet tour.

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