An ethnic group living in the Kali Gandaki River Valley in western Nepal. Characteristically, they are Mongoloid, and their language, along with the neighboring Gurung and Magar peoples, belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family. The population is estimated at about 10,000. Occupying an advantageous location halfway between the Terai Plain and the Tibetan Plateau, they have been involved in trade since ancient times. South of the trading post of Tukche, they make their living by farming. Their society consists of four patrilineal exogamous clans. Their religion is a syncretism of traditional shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism, but in recent times there has been a strong tendency towards Hinduism in some areas, and caste-based ideas are beginning to have an influence. Many of them run teahouses along the roads around Pokhara and Gurkha, and they are known as merchants. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
西部ネパールのカリガンダキ河谷に住む民族。形質的にはモンゴロイドに属し,言語は隣接するグルン族,マガール族などとともに,チベット=ビルマ語族に属する。人口約1万と推定される。テライ平野とチベット高原の中間に位置する地の利を占めて,昔から交易に従ってきた。交易中継地のトゥクチェより南では,農耕が生業である。社会は4つの父系外婚氏族から成る。宗教は伝統的なシャーマニズムがチベット仏教と習合したものであるが,最近では一部にヒンドゥー化の傾向が強く,カースト的観念が影響を与えつつある。ポカラ,グルカー付近の街道沿いの茶屋を経営する者も多く,商業民として知られる。
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