The Mising people are very rich in traditional clothing. They have been known for their colorful dresses since ancient times, and the attires of both men and women are different.
The clothes worn by the men are.....
Mibu Galuk
Gonro ugon
Ugon (Dhoti)
Tapum-Gasor (Eri Shawl)
Dume:r
Erkog
Jinker or Tongali dume:r.
Mibu Galuk It is a simple sleeveless front opening jacket available in different colours such as white, black, red, green, and yellow with different decorative designs. It is worn by all the male folks on special occasions or festivals and socio-cultural functions. The Mibu-Galuk is sewn by hand only but the Mibo-Galuk is sewn by machine also. Erpob It is a maflar, hang around the shoulder. Woven in red colour with cross stripes of differentcolours, black, white, yellow etc the stripes may be thickly or thinly placed transversely over the whole length of cloth. Ugon (Dhoti) It is a lower garment white in colour. There are two types of ugon. One is simple ugon without designs used in day to day life and the other is Gonro ugon with thinly placed decorative designs worn as loin cloth on socio-cultural and religious functions. • Tapum-Gasor (Eri Shawl): A kind of shawl type cloth woven from hand spun eri silk yarn and worn for getting warmth in winter. Both plain gasor (shawl) and designs with simple motifs shawls are available. • Dumer: A kind of cloth similar to Gamocha in Assamese culture. The dumer is basically white in colour with the border in red. Beautiful geometrical and floral motifs are worked as cross border at one or both the ends. It has multiple uses such as hang around the shoulder in special occasions and used in day to day life as turban cloth, towel etc • Jinrek or Tongali Dumer: It is a piece of cloth a kin to Dumer but a little longer and wider. Traditionally Jinrek is white in colour with motifs of flowers, bars and diamonds designs are worked in red colour at both ends. It is tied as a girdle at the waist over Galuk and Gonro Ugon (dhoti).
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