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The people of Darjeeling consume a diverse variety of foods. Each ethnic group has its own distinct traditional food. A popular food in Darjeeling is the momo, a steamed dumpling containing chicken, mutton, pork, beef or vegetables cooked in a doughy wrapping served with a watery vegetable soup and spicy tomato sauce/chutney.
By the early 1990s, a common middle-class western popular music culture was much in evidence among the young people of Kathmandu, Nepal and the Nepalese-speaking youth in Darjeeling. [ q ] [ 173 ] Football is the most popular sport in Darjeeling; the annual Gold Cup tournament was once a favourite event in the hills.
Darjeeling district's population today is constituted largely of the descendants of the indigenous and immigrant labourers that were employed in the original development of the town. A culture of both pride and dependence has evolved in the tea plantations where jobs have levelled off but housing can be inherited by a worker within the family ...
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]
A Lepcha women in 1860s A group of Lepcha shingle cutters at Darjeeling in the 1870s A group of Lepchas in Darjeeling (circa 1880) Lepchas are said to have migrated from Cambodia and Tibet having a similar culture, dressup, traits and history. [9] They speak a Tibeto-Burman language which some classify as Himalayish.
Pages in category "People from Darjeeling" The following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The rapid growth of Darjeeling led to jealousy from the Chogyal of Sikkim. There were also differences between the British Government and Sikkim over the status of people of Sikkim. Because of the increased importance of Darjeeling, many citizens of Sikkim, mostly of the labour class, started to settle in Darjeeling as British subjects.
The original inhabitants of the Darjeeling Hills were the Lepcha and Limbu (the ravine people, as they prefer themselves to be known as). Other communities with a long history in the district include the Tamang , Yakkha , Rai , Gurung , Magar , Newar , Thami , Chettri , Bahun , Kami , and Damai .