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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%)
The Tharu people are an ethnic group indigenous to the Terai in southern Nepal and northern India. [4] [5] [6] They speak Tharu languages. [7] They are recognized as an official nationality by the Government of Nepal. [8] In the Indian Terai, they live foremost in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Nepal Radio was the forerunner of the state-owned Radio Nepal which was set up in Kathmandu on 1 April 1951. Radio Nepal began broadcasting the news in Nepal Bhasa once a day soon after its establishment. In 1960, the station added a weekly program entitled Jeevan Dabu ("Life's Stage"). The 15-minute program was dedicated to music, literature ...
Nepal Television ( Nepali: नेपाल टेलिभिजन ), shortened to NTV is the Nepali national public state-controlled television broadcaster. It's accessible in four languages. It is the oldest and most watched television channel in Nepal. The news broadcast at 8:00 PM is the channel's most popular show, followed by comedy ...
Yakkha people. Yakkha ( Nepali याक्खा, Yākkhā) is an indigenous ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent, mainly in modern-day Nepal and present-day India (related to other Kirat groups, like the Limbu, Sunuwar, Rai, and more distantly all other Sino-Tibetan peoples ). It is one of the descendants of Nepal's prehistoric Kirat ...
The Rai are ethnolinguistic group belonging to the Kirat family and primarily Tibeto-Burman linguistic ethnicity. [10] They mainly reside in the eastern parts of Nepal, the Indian states of Sikkim, West Bengal (predominantly Darjeeling and Kalimpong Hills) and in southwestern Bhutan. [11] [12] Rai women in Sakela Ubhauli festival Kathmandu.
So, the history of Newar correlates to the history of the Kathmandu Valley (or Nepala Mandala) prior to the establishment of the modern state of Nepal. The earliest known history of Newar and the Kathmandu Valley blends with mythology recorded in historical chronicles. One such text, which recounts the creation of the valley, is the Swayambhu ...
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.