Nepal is a country of multi- religion, language and culture. There are 61 different ethnic groups residing throughout the country and they will be mentioned respectively in our forth coming issues.
Ethnic groups are those which have their own social& cultural identity and they have their different traditional languages, rituals, religions and cultures. These groups are prevalent in specific geographical areas and   have written unwritten history.
We present the introduction of Tamang caste in this issue.

Tamang

Tamangs are mainly found in Rasuwa, Sindhupalchok, Kabhrepalanchok, Makawanpur, Nuwakot, Dhading, Ramechhap, Dolakha and Sindhuli districts of Nepal. According to Nepal’s population survey of 2048 B.S, the total population of Tamang is 5.5 percent. They have their own rich language, traditions and rituals. The historical ‘abhilekh’ of third century too show Tamangs to be powerful so, we can know that their ‘sabhyata’ was developed from ancient times. They follow Buddhist religion, their script is Tibetan script and have many holy books. Including King Priest, History Teller they have many intellectual division of labour. Loshar, Maghe Sangranti, Baisakh Purnima, Shrawan Purnima etc are the important festivals of Tamangs. They eat Phapar’s bread and have many casts.