The regional cuisine of Bumthang includes buckwheat pancakes called Khooli and the buckwheat noodles known as Puta.

Bumthaps are renowned for weaving, especially Yathra, which are hand-spun from yak hair and sheep wool, and woven on trestle looms in a vibrant palette of colors and patterns. Another popular fabric is the woollen Bumthap Mathra, check and plaid weavings popularly worn as gho (men) and kira (women) all across the country.