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People & Religion In Nepal |
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People
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 kilometers 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 Tibeto-Mongoloid by
races and Tibeto-Buddhist by religion. They
speak Tibetan language and their own |
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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 midhill
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 Gurkhas. 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
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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