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These people are also called Praja meaning "political subjects". The people speak 3 different dialects of this Tibeto-Burman language that is closely related to Raute and Raji, two undocumented languages spoken in western Nepal. Chepang is one of the few languages which uses a duodecimal (base 12) counting system rather than the decimal (base 10).
A person's livelihood (derived from life-lode, "way of life"; cf. OG lib-leit) [1] refers to their "means of securing the basic necessities (food, water, shelter and clothing) of life". Livelihood is defined as a set of activities essential to everyday life that are conducted over one's life span.
Newar (/ n ɪ ˈ w ɑːr /; [6] Newar: नेवार, endonym: Newa; Newar: नेवा, Pracalit script: 𑐣𑐾𑐰𑐵𑑅 ), or Nepami, [7] are primarily inhabitants in Kathmandu Valley of Nepal and the Indian territories of Sikkim state and Gorkhaland including its surrounding areas and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisation.
Terraced farming on the foothills of the Himalayas is a common sight in many of the villages in Nepal Nepalese women planting rice Cultivation in the Kathmandu Valley. In Nepal, the economy is dominated by agriculture. In the late 1980s, it was the livelihood for more than 90% of the population.
Nepali was the national language and Sanskrit became a required school subject. Children who spoke Nepali natively and who were exposed to Sanskrit had much better chances of passing the national examinations at the end of high school, which meant they had better employment prospects and could continue into higher education.
Rana Tharu people of western Nepal connect the name to the Thar Desert and understand themselves as descendants of Rajputs who migrated to the forests in the 16th century. [11] Possible is also that the name is derived from the classical Tibetan words mtha'-ru'i brgyud , meaning the 'country at the border', which the Tibetan scholar Taranatha ...
Anita Cheria (2005) Liberation is not enough: the kamaiya movement in Nepal. ActionAid Nepal, Kathmandu 2005 ISBN 99946-800-2-1 , ISBN 978-99946-800-2-3 Giri, B.R. (2012) " The Bonded Labour System in Nepal: Musahar and Tharu Communities' Assessments of the Haliya and Kamaiya Labour Contracts ," Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social ...
The 2011 Nepal census classifies the Musahar within the broader social group of Madheshi Dalit. [13] At the time of the Nepali census of 2011, 234,490 people (0.9% of the population of Nepal) were Musahar. The frequency of Musahar by province was as follows: Madhesh Province (3.0%) Koshi Province (1.4%) Lumbini Province (0.1%) Bagmati Province ...