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People
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Nepal is the museum of the human races or even
said as the anthropological pilgrimage. The
population of the country is 23 million with the
density of 156.27 per square kilometres as the
National Census 2001 A.D. roughly the majority
of the peoples are the Indo-Aryans and the
remainder is of Mongoloid origin. The peoples in
the Himalayan are called Tibet-Mongoloid by
races and Tibetan-Buddhist by religion. They
speak Tibetan language and their own dialects.
Their life is based on the Trans- Himalayan
trade and Cis- Himalayan trade.
Because of the poor economy and the prevalent
system in their society some of them are forced
to practice the polyandry system. It was
believed that the people called the Sherpas of
the North East Nepal were the migrants of the
eastern Tibet. In the mid-hill region the
peoples are living with agriculture. Newars are
the main ethnic group of Kathmandu. Magars,
Gurungs, Rai and Limbus form the warrior class
and are famous throughout the world as Brave
Ghurkhas. Terai had been poorly inhabited for
long time because of the fear of so-called
disease Malaria .It was covered with the dense
forests for many years and now mass
deforestation has made this region better place
to live. During the course of time people from
mid-hills started migrating to this region as
they found the land there rich enough for
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Religion of Nepal
Nepal is regarded as the only Hindu Kingdom.
Officially, large number of the population is
believed as the followers of Hinduism. It is
believed as the oldest religion and guided by
the oral tradition for long time. For Hindus
Himalayas has been described in the Epics as the
playground of the Gods and Goddesses. They
believe in the numbers of Gods and Goddesses.
Sacrifice of the animal is interesting feature
of the Hindu practice. They think that they
should make the ferocious God and Goddess happy
with the sacrifice of the animals.
They have lots of different aspects and faiths
that their lives generally guiding so they all
the time try to be close with the gods and
goddess. Second place in the country is occupied
by Buddhism. It is dominant in the northern side
of the country. It was founded some 2600 yrs
back by the lord Buddha who was Prince of the
southern part of the present Nepal. To get rid
from the sufferings from this world was the key
concern for him, who then set to achieve the
solution, had meditated and Enlightened .He
became the Buddha and then started to preach
about his achievement as four noble truth to get
rid from the suffering .The goal of the life in
Buddhism is to get Nirvana or the state of
supreme bliss. In the southern part there is
some number of the Islam.
The practices of Animism and Shamanism are
another type of practice which is very rare with
the modern attack in the society .Now the
increasing numbers of the Christianity belief
shows its influence upon Nepalese. In fact
Hinduism and Buddhism exist side by side along
with others and showing the perfect harmony of
the religious practices. |
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