Chokha

A chokha, also known as a cherkeska, is a woolen coat with a high neck that is part of the traditional male dress of peoples of the Caucasus. It was in wide use among Avars, Abazins, Abkhazians, Eastern Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Balkars, Chechens, Circassians, Georgians, Ingush, Karachays, Nogais, Ossetians, Tats, the peoples of Dagestan, as well as Terek and Kuban Cossacks who adopted it from the aforementioned peoples.

This article is about the Caucasian item of clothing. For the nineteenth-century Indian painter, see Chokha (painter).
Georgian man with goshawk wearing chokha, on Tbilisoba festival.
Chechens wearing chokha at wedding match.
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