How to wear a Tibetan cowboy hat

There is no specific way to wear cowboy hat in Tibet, and cowboy hat is not a traditional costume in Tibet.

There are many shops selling cowboy hats in various tourist attractions in Tibet, such as Barkhor Street, and some Tibetan compatriots also like to wear cowboy hats. However, cowboy hats are not traditional Tibetan costumes, because the sunshine on the plateau is strong and the wide brim of cowboy hats can play a good shading effect, so they are deeply loved by tourists and locals.

Traditional Tibetan hats are generally divided into winter hats and summer hats. According to its characteristics, it can be divided into five categories: ordinary hat, official hat, monk hat, artist hat and soldier hat. There are also different styles of "children's hats", "golden flower hats", "straw hats" and other ordinary hats that people accompany every day in their daily lives. These products are handmade by farmers and herdsmen themselves, with different shapes and elegant appearance.

So there is no specific way to wear a cowboy hat. However, according to local traditional etiquette, you should take off your hat when expressing respect and gratitude to others, and you should also take off your hat in temples and Buddhist temples. This is the basic situation to consider when wearing a hat in Tibet.