*** Tamang ( people, language )

Selected ethnic groups of Nepal: < font color ="# 660000 "> Bhutia | Bhotia </ font >, < font color ="# 660000 "> Sherpa </ font >, < font color ="# 660000 "> Thakali </ font >; < font color =" green "> Gurung </ font >; < font color ="# ff6600 "> Kirant i </ font >, < font color ="# ff6600 "> Rai ( ethnic group ) | Rai </ font >, < font color ="# ff6600 "> Limbu people | Limbu </ font >; < font color =" red "> Newar i </ font >; < font color ="# ffcc33 "> Pahari languages | Pahari </ font >; < font color ="# 333366 "> Tamang </ font >

Gurungs, like other east Asian featured peoples of Nepal such as Sherpa, Tamang, Thakali, Magar, Manaaggi, Mustaaggi, and Walunggi, are the indigenous people of Nepal's mountain valleys.

Hamilton in 1802, Hudson in 1847, and Macdonald in 1989 have used the term ‘ Murmi ’ for Tamang people.

But nothing has been found yet. In their language, the Tibetans call Tamang people ‘ Rongpo ’ which means ' foreigners '.

So, ‘ Tamang ’ in Tibetan means presence of large number of people at the entrance or boundary, which signifies the settlement of Tamang people in the border of Tibet i. e. in Nepal.

The census of 2001 has traced 92 % of the Tamang people speak in their own mother tongue.

Being Buddhist followers the Hindu caste system is not practised among the Tamang people.

According to the census of 2001, 92 % of the Tamang people speak in their own mother tongue i. e. Tamang.

Selected ethnic groups of Nepal ; < FONT COLOR =" 660000 "> Bhotia </ FONT >, < FONT COLOR =" 660000 "> Sherpa people | Sherpa </ FONT >, < FONT COLOR =" 660000 "> Thakali </ FONT >, < FONT COLOR =" green "> Gurung </ FONT >, < FONT COLOR =" blue "> Kiranti / Kirat ( Rai people | Rai, Sunuwar, Yakkha, Limbu people | Limbu ) </ FONT >, < FONT COLOR =" red "> Newar people | Newari </ FONT >, < FONT COLOR =" ffcc33 "> Pahari languages | Pahari </ FONT >, < FONT COLOR =" 333366 "> Tamang </ FONT >

# REDIRECT Tamang people

Besides Lamas, Gurung and Tamang communities are also producing Tankas, which provide substantial employment opportunities for many people in the hills.

Tamangs living outside the traditional Tamang territory are in general very poor.

The more numerous of the Tibeto-Burman-speaking peoples are the Burmese ( 42 million ), Yi ( Lolo ) ( 7 million ), Tibetans ( 6 million ), Karen ( 5 million ), Bhutanese ( 1. 5 million ), Manipuris ( 1. 5 million ), Naga ( 1. 2 million ), Tamang ( 1. 1 million ), Chin ( 1. 1 million ), Newar ( 1 million ), Bodo ( 1. 5 million ), Kachin ( 1 million ).

From their role on Sir Edmund Hillary's 1953 Everest expedition to Shambu Tamang, who in 1973 became the youngest climber in the world to Summit Mount Everest at the time, the Tamangs climbers are however unknown to the western world.

Usage of the word ‘ Tamang ’ It is still in the root of the research from when the word ‘ Tamang ’ has been in use to refer to the Tamang nationality of Nepal.

Ethnic groups that live in central Nepal, such as Gurung, Lepcha, Tamang, Magar, Newar, Yakkha, Thami, Chhantyal and Chepang, are also followers of Buddhism.

The broader area of ethnic Tibet also includes to the east, parts of the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Gansu and Yunnan ; to the west, the Indian regions of Ladakh, Lahul and Spiti and the Baltistan region of Pakistan ; to the south, Bhutan, Sikkim, parts of northern Nepal, the Mustang, Dolpo, Sherpa and Tamang regions of eastern Nepal and the extreme north-west of Assam.

It is also supported by the Tibetan usage of the word ‘ Rongpo ’ to Tamang, which means the foreigners, inhabited beyond the border of Tibet.

It is believed that after the Nepal-Tibet War some of the horse-riding soldiers of King Tsrong Tschong Gampo permanently settled in the Himalayan Hills of Nepal who were later recognized as the “ Tamang ” nationalities.

Their script is known as Sambhota, but one of the leading Tamang organizations, Nepal Tamang Ghedung, has been using a script known as Tamyig well known as a modified version of the Sambhota script.

Nepal, was formed later in the 18th century and saw a slow assimilation of the Tamang group with other communities in the region.

Many Tamang clans do not permit intermarriage with other ethnic groups, although some clans do permit intermarriages with the Gurung, Bhutia, Magar, Kiratis, and Sherpas.

Now it is obvious that the Tamangs are the indigenous inhabitants of Nepal, not the descendants of the horse-riding soldiers of King Tsrong Tschong Gampo as Tamang themselves do not possess the characteristics of a horse rider nor there a sign of their history directly associated with horses.

He puts forward his reasoning that there should be some mention of King Gampo in the genealogy of Tamang nationality if it was so.

This group includes Magar and Kham Magar west of Pokhara, Gurung south of the Annapurnas, Tamang around the periphery of Kathmandu Valley and Rai and Limbu further east.

The word wậː is Sunuwari meaning bear ; in Tamang language, a small, red bear is called tāwām.

Until this very day recruitement is mainly from Nepali hill tribes such as the Magar, Gurung, Tamang, Rai and Limbu.

Gurkhas of Tibeto-Mongolian origin mostly belong to the Magar, Rai, Limbu, Gurung, Tamang, and Kiranti origin.

Tamang community is well known for Damphu, traditional instrument.

Tamang selo music is based on the usage of Damphu and Tungna.

Western and Indian instruments are also found in some modern Tamang Selo music.

Recently due to the re-mixing trend of classic Nepali songs, Tamang Selo tuned songs like changba hoi changba, Man chadey Maichyang lai have been a hit in Nepali radio stations.

have used Tamang Selo tunes in their songs and those songs have also been a hit.

Elsewhere in eastern Nepal, the Maoists killed two Policemen, Constable Purna Prasad Sharma and Head Constable Radha Krishna Gurung, and a woman selling beetle nuts, Kali Tamang, in the Jaljale-Gaighat area, an official said.

The surrounding area is agricultural and the population is made up of many caste / tribal groups, notably Magar, Rai ( Aathpaharias ), Limbu, Tamang and Tibetan.

The current president is Bharati Tamang, widow of late Madan Tamang, a former president of ABGL.

On 21 May, 2010, ABGL president, Madan Tamang was stabbed to death allegedly by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha ( GJM ) supporters in Darjeeling, which lead to a spontaneous shutdown in the three Darjeeling hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong.

Subsequently his wife Bharati Tamang was elected as the ABGL president.

The three candidates Bharati Tamang from Darjeeling, Tribhuwan Rai from Kalimpong and Shiva Kumar Pradhan from Kurseong all lost the elections.

CPRM was formed in 1996 by Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) dissidents ( a major group of the local CPI ( M ) leadership in Darjeeling ) like former State Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Tamang Dawa Lama, Lok Sabha MP R. B.