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Population |
23.1 Million. |
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Language |
Nepali is a national language. However
travel-trade related people understand
and speak English as well.
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People |
Nepal has more than 101 ethnic groups
and 92 spoken languages.
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What to Wear |
Light weight clothing is recommended for
May through October. Warm Garments are
required in October to March. An
umbrella or a raincoat is a must for the
rainy season. |
Since a decade when people know each other
from one country to another. The dealing in
trade began between them Nepal has different
casts people since their origin relying upon
their own styled custom and traditions, like
in Terai region Tharus live doing farming.
Similarly in the middle hills the Rais,
Limbu, gurungs, tamangs, magars, chettris,
Bahuns (Brahims) kami, sarki, damai, sunuwar
and the mountain regions sherpas.
All these people have own kind of
occupations, Rais have farm for farming,
they are shamans also Limbus are the same
they do pig farming. Gurungs also have
cultivation and many of them are in Indian
and British Gurkha army. Tamangs are mostly
in Kavre and Dolakha districts, they also
have cultivation and are monks, Muns, thanka
painters and the rest are involved in
trekking occupation. Magars have farm too,
they plough at he field and the rest are in
British and Nepali army, chettris and Bahuns
are in thigh posts of Govt. offices, they
are involved in the Nepali army also, Bahuns
(Brahmins) are the priests in the temples
too, they are well educated, become
lecturers and teachers. Many and more Bahuns
use to involve into polities. Sherpas live
in high altitude as they bron there and are
habituate to acclimatize altitude, they are
good climbers, speak their own languages,
sheraps follow Buddhism ans sell as Tamangs.
The rest of them follow Hinduism. In recent
days more Hindus are diverted into
Christianity. Kamis are goldsmith and Sarkis
are the shoe-makers. Damis are the
tailor-masters, they sew on the clothes
those everybody wears on.
Newars are from Kathmandu valley their
origin can be recognized. They are the main
merchant of this valley but have different
occupation relying on tribes. Shrestha the
highest, silpakar are the tailor-master,
malekar and chitrakar are carpenters and
artists, Jyapus are the main farmers, podes
are the Butchers and Kasai sells the meat,
chyame works for sweeping and cleaning,
kusule are the beggars playing a small
leather hand-drum (damaru). Except all
Thakuris and Mallas were the rulers and
invaders once in Nepal.
The middle hill Tamangs:- Among Nepalese
trek areas Tamangs are mostly found in
middle hills. The speak Tibeto-Burman
language among themselves and believe they
originally came from Tibet. They practice a
farm of Tibetan Buddhism and there are
Buddhist temples in many Tamang villages,
tough they have no monks nuns or
monasteries. Tamang priests are usually
married and participate in regular tayto-day
activities. Most Tamangs are farmers and
live at slightly higher elevations than
their Hindu neighbors, but there’s a in
their noses and the men traditionally wear a
bakkhu, a sleeveless woolen jacket. The
rough block and white blankets, called rari
(woolen carpet), that you see in homer in
the hills and in snaps in kathmandu are
Tamangs life-styles.
Tibetans are settled down mostly at
Boudhanath and Jawlakhel in Kathmandu and in
the Himalayan border regions, they are often
said Bhotiya, their group includes both
recent migrants and Tibetans who settled
here long age. The sherpas, Dolpo people and
other groups were originally from Tibet, but
settled in Nepal so long ago that they have
built up their own traditions and culture.
Thakalis people originally have come from
the kali Gandaki (Thak Khola) valley, but
mainly they have followed the business
wherever the chanees are leading. They are
traditionally well known business people and
hoteliers. Their religion is a mixture of
Buddhism, Hinduism and ancient shamanistic
and animistic cults, but they claims to be
more Hindu than Buddhist. They are related
to Tamags gurungs and magars.
Manangis: From the side of Thorongla pass
the river Marsyangdi derives where Manag
village is situated beside and the people
who lived there are called Managis to the
north region of Annapurna, they have homes,
as they had got the special privileges in
business by king Rana Bdr. Shah in 1784
which continue to enjoy. These privileges
originally included passport of import and
export concessions, not available both
general population of Nepal. Beginning long
ago with the export of live dogs, goat and
sheepskins, yaks tails, herbs and muscle.
The trade expanded into the large-scale
import of electronic goods, cameras,
watches, silk-clothing, gems and other
high-value items in exchange for gold,
silver, turquoise and other resources
available in their place.
The trade network of them extends through
out south-east Asia and as far away as Korea
it is not common to see large group of Manag
people flying to Bangkok, Singapore and
Hong-kong, between themselves they use to
call negeshang, but many of them adopt the
surname Gurung on passports and travel
documents even tough they appear more close
related to Tibetans than down villager
gurungs, as they purely worship keeping
Tibetan monks in their ceremoniya and ritual
customs.
Dhanwar, majhi and Darai: the most poorest
and least educated group of these three
triber live along the Teraiss river valley
in Nepalis ethnic groups. Their customs and
traditions are similar, related to each
other. Maghis live by fishing and operate
dugout canoe ferries in the rivers wherever
in the country.
There are other groups like satar, Dhangar,
Rajbangsi, koche and Tajpuri are other terai
groups, rare of them occasionally can meet
during the trek.
Dolpo people are lived in Dolpo region, they
are Buddhist, in the remoter region to the
north of Dhaulagiri, the most undeveloped
are but traditional inhabitants in the
kingdom. Exchanging sheeps, weaving and
spinning wool are their main business,
especially in Do-tarap and Ringmo villages
they are settled down.
Magars also are in both army, British and
Indian in more percent, very few of them
live at home doing farming. Chettris usually
are involved in army and mostly engaged in
Govt. officer, they are well educated as
Bahuns.
The most super Bahuns (Brahmins) are the
priest in Hindu culture, they also are
engaged in the govt. offices and teachers
more percept of them are involved in
politics. Kamis are working as goldsmith but
kamis are depressed by the society as they
are regarded as down cast. Sarkis work
specially for show makers. Mostly they live
uneducated and Damis are the tailor master
since Nepalese know each other.
Newars are from Kathmandu valley their
origin can be recognized, their main
occupation is trade, less percent of them
are in govt. officer and teachers, involved
in artistic also. Jayapur are main farmers
and Pode cut the Buffalses as Butchers,
similarly Kasai sell the meat. Chyame are
sweepers and Kusule are the beggars without
speaking.
Sunwar: A similar to Rai eastes people seem
is eastern part of Nepal one of the dominant
groups particularly in the villages of
Ramechap, caharikot, okhaldhunga. We find
the women wear the gold ornaments in their
noses and ears and the men often join the
Nepal army. They live in the white-washed
stone housed with block windows farmer. They
worship their own gods and often employ
Brahman priests. From Jiri to Everest trek
you’ll enter into their homes somewhere on
the way. |