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The World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network ( WITBN) is a confederation of indigenous broadcasting organisations from countries serving indigenous and minority language populations. Members are radio and television companies, most of which are government-owned public service broadcasters or privately owned stations with public missions.
The 2011 Nepal census classifies the Tamang people within the broader social group of Mountain/Hill Janajati. At the time of the Nepal census of 2011, 1.539,830 people (5.8% of the population of Nepal) were Tamang. The frequency of Tamang people by province was as follows: Bagmati Province (20.5%) Koshi Province (4.7%) Madhesh Province (2.2%)
Nepali ( English: / nɪˈpɔːli /; [3] Devanagari: नेपाली, [ˈnepali]) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Himalayas region of South Asia. It is the official, and most widely spoken, language of Nepal, where it also serves as a lingua franca. Nepali has official status in the Indian state of Sikkim and in the Gorkhaland ...
National Indigenous Television ( NITV) is an Australian free-to-air television channel that broadcasts programming produced and presented largely by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It includes the six-day-a-week NITV News Update, with programming including other news and current affairs programmes, sports coverage, entertainment ...
Dhammalok Mahasthavir (1890–1966), who worked to revive Nepali Theravada Buddhism in the 1930s and 1940s. Shukra Raj Shastri (1894–1941), Freedom fighter and martyr. Dharmachari Guruma (1898–1978), Founder of the first nunnery in Nepal. Pragyananda Mahasthavir (1900–1993), First Patriarch of Theravada Order in Nepal.
The Kulung also call Kulunge are one of the major subgroup of kirati people [1] [2] and indigenous communities of Nepal, as well as parts of northeastern Sikkim and Darjeeling district of India, having their own Kulung language, culture, history and tradition. Traditional territory of Kulung linguistic Kirati-Subgroup areas of lower Solukhumbu ...
Most Sherpa people live in the eastern regions of Nepal: Solukhumba, Khatra, Kama, Rolwaling, Barun and Pharak valleys, though some live farther West in the Bigu and in the Helambu region north of Kathmandu, Nepal. Sherpas establish gompas where they practice their religious traditions. Tengboche was the first celibate monastery in Solu-Khumbu
Indigenous media can reference film, video, music, digital art, and sound produced and created by and for indigenous people. It refers to the use of communication tools, pathways, and outlets by indigenous peoples for their own political and cultural purposes.