The name of what able-bodied ethnic group from the mountain regions of Nepal means 'people of the east' in Tibetan?
"are denied access into hotels. Anti-Tibetan Sentiment Anti-Tibetan sentiment refers to fear, dislike, hostility and racism towards Tibetan people or anything related to Tibetan culture in general. Anti-Tibetan sentiment has been present in various regions of Nepal, India, Bhutan, and China at various points in time with discrimination in the latter three countries mostly owing to the presence of Tibetan refugees. Tibetans and Himalayan ethnic groups of Tibetan origin such as the Sherpa, Tamang are at times derogatorily called ""bhotey"", which is the Nepali word for someone from Tibet, but is used as a slur. In Arunachal Pradesh, a region"
"of the Kirat people of Nepal, central to Kirat Mundhum. ""Mundhum"" means ""the power of great strength"" in the Kirati language. The Mundhum covers many aspects of the Kirat culture, customs and traditions that existed before Vedic civilisation in Nepal. Kirata The Kirāta (Kirat) () is a generic term in Sanskrit literature for people who had territory in the mountains, particularly in the Himalayas and North-East India and who are believed to have been Sino-Tibetan in origin. The Kiratas are Limbu, Rai, Yakkha, Sunuwar and Lepcha tribes of Eastern Nepal The Kiratas in Distant Past A Sanskrit-English Dictionary refer the"
"Kirati people The Kirati people (Sanskrit: Kirāta) (also spelled as Kirant or Kiranti) are an ethnic group of the Himalayas extending eastward from Nepal into India, Bangladesh, Burma and beyond. The word Kirata is a derivation from Kirati or Kiranti to name the group of people in Eastern Nepal. One school of thought says that it comes from the Sanskrit word ""Kirata"" found in the ""Yajurveda""; they are described as the ""handsome"" mountain people and hunters in the forests. They are described as ""Kiratas"" in the ""Mahabharata"" and ""Kirtarjuniya"". Anatoly Yakoblave Shetenko, while on an archaeological study programme between Nepal"
"Limbu people The Limbu (ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ) (exonym) or Yakthung (endonym) () are limbu people indigenous and native to the Himalayan Limbuwan region of Eastern Nepal,and from the eastern of Tibet, Northern Sikkim, India and Western Bhutan. The original name of Limbus is Yakthung, ""Yakthumba"" or ""Yakthungba"" (ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ). Limbu males and Limbu females are called “Yakthumma"" or ""Yakthungma"". In Ancient texts believe that ""Yakthung"" or ""Yakthum"" is a derivative from China and some interpret its meaning as the ""Yaksha winner"". In Limbu language it means ""heroes of the hills"" (Yak - hills, thung or thum - heroes or mighty warriors), which connotation"
"Uttarakhand Bhotiya Uttarakhand Bhotiya also known as Uttarakhandi Bhotiya are an ethno-linguistic group of people residing in the upper Himalayan valleys of the Kumaon and Garhwal divisions of Uttarakhand state, India and in Darchula district, Nepal. These include the Shaukas of Kumaon and Tolchhas and Marchhas of Garhwal. Their name, Bhotiya, derives from the word Bod (བོད་), which is the Classical Tibetan name for Tibet. Bhotiya is the name used by the Constitution of India, throughout Nepal and by most people of the area. The name Bhutia is also sometimes used, though it more commonly refers to the Sikkimese people."
"Pahari people The Pahari people, (Hindi: पहाड़ी; ""Pahāṛī""; ) also called Pahadi and Parbati, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group of the Himalayas living in Nepal and are a majority of the population of the Himalayan regions of India (Himachal Pradesh and northern Uttar Pradesh(now Uttarakhand ). In Nepal, the Paharis constituted the single largest ethnic group at about 20,000,000, or three-fifths of the Nepalese population through the 1990s. Most Indo-Aryan Paharis, however, identify as members of constituent subgroups and castes within the larger Pahari community such as Rajput, Bahun, Chhetri, Thakuri and Dalits. The name Pahari derives from ""pahar"" (""पहाड़""),"
"Nakhi people The Nakhi or Nashi (; endonym: ""¹na²khi"") are an ethnic group inhabiting the foothills of the Himalayas in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province, as well as the southwestern part of Sichuan Province in China. The Nashi are thought to have come originally from northwestern China, migrating south toward Tibetan populated regions, and usually inhabiting the most fertile river-side land, driving the other competing tribes farther up the hillsides onto less fertile land. The Nashi, along with Bai and Tibetans, traded over the dangerous overland trading links with Lhasa and India, on the so-called Tea and Horse Caravan"
"Kirata The Kirāta (Kirat) () is a generic term in Sanskrit literature for people who had territory in the mountains, particularly in the Himalayas and North-East India and who are believed to have been Sino-Tibetan in origin. The Kiratas are Limbu, Rai, Yakkha, Sunuwar and Lepcha tribes of Eastern Nepal The Kiratas in Distant Past A Sanskrit-English Dictionary refer the meaning of 'Kirat' as a 'degraded, mountainous tribe, a savage and barbarian' while other scholars attribute more respectable meanings to this term and say that it denotes people with the lion's character, or mountain dwellers. They are mentioned along with"
"Tibetan people The Tibetan people () are an ethnic group native to Tibet. Their current population is estimated to be around 6 million. In addition to living in Tibet, significant numbers of Tibetans live in other parts of China, as well as India, Nepal, and Bhutan. Tibetans speak Tibetic languages, many varieties of which are mutually unintelligible, which belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language group. The traditional, or mythological, explanation of the Tibetan people's origin is that they are the descendants of the human Pha Trelgen Changchup Sempa and rock ogress Ma Drag Sinmo. It is thought that most of the"
"Tharu people The Tharu people are an ethnic group indigenous to the southern foothills of the Himalayas; most of the Tharu people live in the Nepal Terai. The word थारू ""thāru"" is thought to be derived from ""sthavir"" meaning follower of Theravada buddhism.Some Tharu groups also live in the Indian Terai, foremost in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The Tharus are recognized as an official nationality by the Government of Nepal. The Government of India recognizes the Tharu people as a scheduled tribe. The origin of the Tharu people is not clear but surrounded by myths and oral tradition. The"
"and bowed down three times before him, and raised their trunks to the sky trumpeting loud as thunderclaps. Joseph L Rock, The Ancient Nakhi Kingdom of Southwest China. Harvard University Press:1947 Nakhi people The Nakhi or Nashi (; endonym: ""¹na²khi"") are an ethnic group inhabiting the foothills of the Himalayas in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province, as well as the southwestern part of Sichuan Province in China. The Nashi are thought to have come originally from northwestern China, migrating south toward Tibetan populated regions, and usually inhabiting the most fertile river-side land, driving the other competing tribes farther up"
". ""na:nchiŋma"" is the term for wrestling in Yakthung-pan . · Limbu people The Limbu (ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ) (exonym) or Yakthung (endonym) () are limbu people indigenous and native to the Himalayan Limbuwan region of Eastern Nepal,and from the eastern of Tibet, Northern Sikkim, India and Western Bhutan. The original name of Limbus is Yakthung, ""Yakthumba"" or ""Yakthungba"" (ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ). Limbu males and Limbu females are called “Yakthumma"" or ""Yakthungma"". In Ancient texts believe that ""Yakthung"" or ""Yakthum"" is a derivative from China and some interpret its meaning as the ""Yaksha winner"". In Limbu language it means ""heroes of the hills"" (Yak -"
"Kham Magar Western magar are descriptive terms invented by academic linguists and anthropologists for a nationality in the Middle Hills of mid-western Nepal inhabiting highlands extending through eastern ""Rukum"" and northern ""Salyan"", ""Rolpa"" and ""Pyuthan"" Districts in ""Rapti""Zone as well as ""Dhaulagiri"" and ""Bheri"" Zones. They speak a complex of Tibeto-Burman distinct language called magar Pang.But there is no any confusion that magar Pang,magar kaike and magar dhut are same languages they have derived from Pali language. Due to their oral mythology and distinctive Shamanistic practices, Western Magar are thought to have originally migrated from Siberia according to shamanic tradition"
"Yeti In the folklore of Nepal, the Yeti () (, ) or Abominable Snowman is an ape-like creature taller than an average human, that is said to inhabit the Himalayan and Siberian regions of East Asia. The names ""Yeti"" and ""Meh-Teh"" are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology. Stories of the Yeti first emerged as a facet of Western popular culture in the 19th century. The scientific community has generally regarded the Yeti as a legend, given the lack of evidence of its existence. In one genetic study, researchers"
"Tibet Autonomous Region. The broader area of ethnic Tibet also includes, to the east and north, parts of the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu and Yunnan and the southern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; to the southwest, the Indian territories of Ladakh, Lahaul and Spiti and the Baltistan region of Pakistan; the extreme northwest of Assam; and to the south, Bhutan, Sikkim, and parts of northern Nepal, such as Mustang and Dolpo, the regions in northeastern Nepal inhabited by Sherpa and Tamang peoples, and extreme northern Burma (Myanmar). Even parts of modern Bangladesh were once a part of this ""Greater"
"are spoken in Byans region, Byangkhu Lo, Kutpa Lo and Tinkar Lo. , the Uttarakhandi Bhotiyas were classified as a Scheduled Tribe under the Indian government's reservation program of positive discrimination. Uttarakhand Bhotiya Uttarakhand Bhotiya also known as Uttarakhandi Bhotiya are an ethno-linguistic group of people residing in the upper Himalayan valleys of the Kumaon and Garhwal divisions of Uttarakhand state, India and in Darchula district, Nepal. These include the Shaukas of Kumaon and Tolchhas and Marchhas of Garhwal. Their name, Bhotiya, derives from the word Bod (བོད་), which is the Classical Tibetan name for Tibet. Bhotiya is the name"
"Tibet Tibet (; ; ) is a historical region covering much of the Tibetan Plateau in Inner Asia. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Tamang, Qiang, Sherpa, and Lhoba peoples and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han Chinese and Hui people. Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of . The highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain, rising 8,848 m (29,029 ft) above sea level. The Tibetan Empire emerged in the 7th century, but with the"
"Tuladhar Tulādhar (Devanagari: तुलाधर) is a Nepalese caste from the Newar community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The name Tuladhar is derived from the Sanskrit words ""tula"" (weighing scale) and ""dhar"" (possessor), thus meaning scale-bearer or in general, merchant. Tuladhars belong to the Uray group which includes Kansakar, Tamrakar, Sthapit, Bania, Sindurakar, Selalik and other castes. They follow Newar Buddhism and speak Nepal Bhasa as a mother tongue. Traditional Tuladhar neighborhoods are Asan ( ), Nyata () (also known as Naradevi) and Jhwa Baha in Kathmandu where they hold a number of cultural performances annually including religious dances and"
"Newar people Newar (; ; endonym: Newa:; , Prachalit Script: 𑐣𑐾𑐰𑐵𑑅), or Nepami, are the historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisation. Newars form a linguistic and cultural community of primarily Indo-Aryan and Tibeto-Burman ethnicities following Hinduism and Buddhism with Newari as their common language. Newars have developed a division of labour and a sophisticated urban civilisation not seen elsewhere in the Himalayan foothills. Newars have continued their age-old traditions and practices and pride themselves as the true custodians of the religion, culture and civilisation of"
"northeastern Nepal. In an interview with All India Radio in 1985, Tenzing Norgay said that his parents came from Tibet, but that he was born in Nepal. According to many later alternate accounts, he was born in Tibet, at Tse Chu in the Kama Valley, and spent his early childhood in Kharta, nearby to the north; Tenzing went to Nepal as a child to work for a Sherpa family in Khumbu. Khumbu lies near Mount Everest, which the Tibetans and Sherpas call ""Chomolungma"", which in Standard Tibetan means ""Holy Mother"", or the goddess of the summit. Norgay was a Nepalese"
"Tamang people The Tamang (Devnagari: तामाङ; ""tāmāng"") are the largest Tibeto-Burman ethnic group within Nepal and traditionally Buddhist by religion. Constituting 5.6% of the national population at over 1.3 million in 2001, increasing to 1,539,830 as of 2011 census, yet contested. Tamangs are also a significant majority in Sikkim and Darjeeling District of West Bengal, India as permanent settlers; their languages are the fifth most spoken in Nepal (note all Tamang languages are not mutually intelligible). They are one of the Tibetan migrant who come to Nepal. Peculiar to Tamang people are complex marriage restrictions within the community. In Nepal,"
"north-western India. According to Cordaux et al. (2004), the Tibeto-Burmans possibly came from the Himalayan and north-eastern borders of the subcontinent within the past 4,200 years. A wide variety of Tibeto-Burman languages are spoken on the southern slopes of the Himalayas. Sizable groups that have been identified are the West Himalayish languages of Himachal Pradesh and western Nepal, the Tamangic languages of western Nepal, including Tamang with one million speakers, and the Kiranti languages of eastern Nepal. The remaining groups are small, with several isolates. The Newar language (Nepal Bhasa) of central Nepal has a million speakers and a literature"
"Thapa Thapa (; pronunciation:) is the surname commonly used by Nepali people belonging to the Chhetri caste of Khas group, an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group and Magar people, a Sino-Tibetan ethno-linguistic group. Kshetri Thapa of Kshatriya Varna are addressed as Thapa Kaji while Thapa Magar are addressed as general Magar. Thapa was a ""Paikelā"" (warrior) rank of the medieval Khasa kingdom. Other Paikelās include ""Khaḍgās"", ""Rānās"" and ""Buḍhās"". It is proved through many inscriptions in the present day region of Old Khas Kingdom. Yasu Thapa, Dasu Thapa and Raj Thapa were known warriors from the herostone pillars. One of the herostone"
"Mishmi people The Mishmi or Deng people of Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh are an ethnic group comprising mainly three tribes: Idu Mishmi (""Idu Lhoba""); Digaro tribe (""Taraon, Darang Deng""), and Miju Mishmi (""Kaman Deng""). The Mishmis occupy the northeastern tip of the central Arunachal Pradesh in Upper and Lower Dibang Valley, Lohit and Anjaw Districts/Medog County. The three sub-divisions of the tribe emerged due to the geographical distribution, but racially all the three groups are of the same stock. The Idu are also known as Yidu Lhoba in Tibet and often referred as Chulikatas in Assam. The Idus are primarily"
"have joined the Brigade of Gurkhas in large numbers. Closer to Tibet, the Bhutias (also spelled Bhotias), akin to the Sherpa group, of Tibetan ethnicity dominate the scene as can be discerned from their flat roofed houses, and they are distinctly Buddhists. The region is dotted with austere monasteries, mani walls, chortens and other Buddhist religious landmarks. In 1950, H. W. Tilman was the first European to lead an expedition to the Annapurna Range with a small party of five compatriots. They walked on foot from the Kathmandu valley (six days of trekking from the valley), and using Manang as"
"Chepang people The Chepang are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman people group numbering around fifty-two (sidebar-sixty eight)thousand mainly inhabiting the rugged ridges of the Mahabharat mountain range of central Nepal. Over the past two or three generations, the Chepang have begun to slowly shift from a semi-nomadic (slash-and-burn) lifestyle to a more settled way of life, relying increasingly upon the production of permanent fields of maize, millet and bananas. The severe topography, however, has made permanent farming difficult (and usually insufficient), and the forest has remained an important (although decreasingly so) source of food for the Chepang. Historically, the collection of wild"
"Taron people The Taron or Trone (တရုမ်း, ta. rum:) are a small ethnic group in the Himalayan foothills of northern Kachin, Myanmar, whose population is declining to the point where they are in danger of disappearing entirely. They have been referred to as the ""Asian pygmies"". They are allegedly descended from an ethnic group concentrated in China known as Derung who migrated to Burma from Tibet in the 1880s. Like the Pygmies of Central Africa and the Negritos of Southeast Asia, the Tarons are very small, averaging less than 129.5 cm (4 feet and 3 inches). The Tarons have received"
"Yakkha Yakkha (Nepali याक्खा, Yākkhā) is an indigenous ethnic group of Nepal (identical with its Kirat family consisting of Limbu, Sunuwar, and Rai of Mongoloid physiognomy). It is one of the progenies of Nepal's prehistoric Kirat dynasty. The Yakkha people are subsistence farmers who inhabit the lower Arun valley in eastern Nepal. They number only a few thousand and their language is nearly extinct. Scholars have different opinions regarding the origin of the word ""Yakkha"". One school of thought claims that the ethnonym ""Yakkha"" as per the Aryan Sanskrit grammar had been spelled in the Aryan-Hindu mythologies as ""Yaksa-sh"" (like"
"their Himalayan hardiness, exhibit similar patterns in the ""EPAS1"" gene, which further fortifies that the gene is under selection for adaptation to the high-altitude life of Tibetans. A study in 2014 indicates that the mutant ""EPAS1"" gene could have been inherited from archaic hominins, the Denisovans. ""EPAS1"" and ""EGLN1"" are definitely the major genes for unique adaptive traits when compared with those of the Chinese and Japanese. Comparative genome analysis in 2014 revealed that the Tibetans inherited an equal mixture of genomes from the Nepalese-Sherpas and Hans, and they acquired the adaptive genes from the sherpa-lineage. Further, the population split"
"all of Nepal) actually lies north of the highest ranges. Alpine, often semi-arid valleys—including ""Humla"", ""Jumla"", ""Dolpo"", ""Mustang"", ""Manang"" and ""Khumbu""—cut between Himalayan subranges or lie north of them. Some of these valleys historically were more accessible from Tibet than Nepal and are populated by people with Tibetan affinities called ""Bhotiya"" or ""Bhutia"" including the famous Sherpas in Kumbu valley near Mount Everest. With Chinese cultural hegemony in Tibet itself, these valleys have become repositories of traditional ways. Valleys with better access from the hill regions to the south are culturally linked to Nepal as well as Tibet, notably the"
"Bania (Newar caste) Bania (Devanagari: बनिया) is a Nepalese caste from the Newar community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The name ""Bania"" is derived from the Sanskrit word ""vanijya"" (merchant); by preference, Bania (caste). Banias belong to the Urāy group which includes Tuladhar, Kansakar, Tamrakar, Sthapit, Sindurakar, Selalik and other castes. They speak Nepal Bhasa as a mother tongue and follow Newar Buddhism. According to the division of labour laid down from the past, Banias are herbalists and wholesalers of raw materials for Newar, Tibetan and Āyurvedic traditional medicines. Traditional Bania neighborhoods in Kathmandu are Itum Bahal, Bania Chuka"
"Khas people Khas people () also called Khas Arya () are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the Indian subcontinent, what is now present-day Nepal as well as Kumaon, Garhwal and Himachal regions of North India and speak the Khas language (modern Nepali language). They were also known as ""Parbatiyas"" and ""Paharis"". The term ""Khas"" has now become obsolete, as the Khas people have adopted other identities such as Chhetri and Bahun, because of the negative stereotypes associated with the term ""Khas"". The hill Khas tribe who are in large part associated with the Gorkhali invaders are addressed with the"
"Sherpa and Lamapeople inhabit even higher semi-arid valleys north of the Himalaya. The Nepali speaking Khas people mostly inhabit central and southern regions. Kathmandu Valley, in the middle hill region, constitutes a small fraction of the nation's area but is the most densely populated, with almost 5 percent of the nation's population. The Nepali are descendants of three major migrations from India, Tibet, and North Burma and the Chinese state of Yunnan via Assam. Among the earliest inhabitants were the Kirat of east mid-region, Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, aboriginal Tharus of Tharuhat, Despite the migration of a significant section"