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Nepal Tamangs - Travel guide

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Tamangs

The Tamangs live mainly in the high hills in the east, north, south and west of Kathmandu Valley in the central part of Nepal. These Tibeto-Burman speaking ethnic group derive their subsistence mainly as porters for the traders and trekking expeditions. The Tamang community is divided into several exogamous clans. A Tamang may marry any other except from his or her own clan. Cross-cousin marriage is preferred.

The Tamangs are Buddhists. The religious activities are based on Jhankrism. There are several ghyangs (Buddhist temples) in every Tamang settlement. All their festivals and ceremonies are performed in Buddhist fashion. On the first day of Magh (some day in January and February), they celebrate Chho in these ghyangs.

Another feasting ceremony, Nara is observed on the full moon day. Altogether, the Tamangs represent a community greatly exploited and poor in general.