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2011 Nepal census classifies the Rai people within the broader social group of Mountain/Hill Janajati. [16] At the time of the Nepal census of 2011, 620,004 people (2.3% of the population of Nepal) were Rai. The frequency of Rai people by province was as follows: Koshi Province (11.3%) Bagmati Province (1.5%) Gandaki Province (0.3%) Madhesh ...
Kirat Rai Yayokkha (Nepali: किरात राई यायोक्खा) is a social organization of the Rai people, an indigenous ethnic group in Nepal that established in 1990 (2047 B.S.) The word "Kirat" describes the ancient tribes of Nepal, while "Rai" is the name of one of the Kirat ethnic groups. Rai are the native or indigenous ...
Gurung people from central Nepal playing one of their traditional drums, Khaijadi. Nepal's diverse linguistic heritage evolved from 2 major language groups: Indo-European languages and Tibeto-Burman languages. Nepal's languages are mostly either Indo-European or Sino-Tibetan, while only a very few of them are Austro-Asiatic and Dravidian.
Kirat Mundhum, (Nepali: किरात मुन्धुम) also known as Kiratism, or Kirati Mundhum, is a traditional belief of the Kirati ethnic groups of Nepal, Darjeeling and Sikkim, majorly practiced by Yakkha, Limbu, Sunuwar, Rai, Thami, Jirel, Hayu and Surel peoples in the north-eastern Indian subcontinent. [2]
Rai Community of Sikkim representing Tableau of Sakewa Sili on 63rd Indian Republic Day 2012 Rajpath New Delhi. Sakela (also Sakewa or Sakenwa) (Nepali: साकेला) is one of the main festival of Khambu (Rai people), an ethnic group indigenous to Eastern Nepal and Sikkim, Kalimpong, and Darjeeling regions of India.
Among the Khambu or Rai people of Eastern Nepal, Sikkim, Darjeeling and Kalimpong in India, Bantawa is the most extensively spoken language. [3] According to the 2001 National Census, at least 1.63% of the Nepal's total population speaks Bantawa. About 370,000 speak Bantawa language mostly in eastern hilly regions of Nepal (2001).
Mewahang Rai are a linguistic group and an indigenous community, one of the major subgroups of Rai people in eastern Nepal. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Traditional terrtitory of Mewahang linguistic Rai-Subgroup some areas of Sankhuwasabha District Eastern Nepal Province No. 1
Rai Coast languages, a family of languages in the Madang stock of New Guinea, not related to Rai languages or Dewas Rai; Rai people, an indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Nepal and some north eastern regions of India; Sakela, festival of Kirat Rai people