Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Lhop or Doya people are a little-known tribe of southwest Bhutan. The Bhutanese believe them to be the aboriginal inhabitants of the country. The Lhop are found in the low valleys of Samtse and near Phuntsholing in the Duars. They are also known as the Lhops Lhopu or Lhokpu and speak a Tibeto-Burman language. They total approximately 2500 persons.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.