Nepal is regarded as the only Hindu Kingdom.
Officially, large number of the population is believed as the
followers of Hinduism. It is believed as the oldest religion and
guided by the oral tradition for long time. For Hindus Himalayas
has been described in the Epics as the playground of the Gods
and Goddesses. They believe in the numbers of Gods and
Goddesses. Sacrifice of the animal is interesting feature of the
Hindu practice. They think that they should make the ferocious
God and Goddess happy with the sacrifice of the animals. They
have lots of different aspects and faiths that their lives
generally guiding so they all the time try to be close with the
gods and goddess. Second place in the country is occupied by
Buddhism.
It is dominant in the northern side of the country. It was
founded some 2600 yrs back by the lord Buddha who was Prince of
the southern part of the present Nepal. To get rid from the
sufferings from this world was the key concern for him, who then
set to achieve the solution, had meditated and Enlightened .He
became the Buddha and then started to preach about his
achievement as four noble truth to get rid from the suffering .
The goal of the life in Buddhism is to get Nirvana or the state
of supreme bliss. In the southern part there is some number of
the Islam. The practices of Animism and Shamanism are another
type of practice which is very rare with the modern attack in
the society .Now the increasing numbers of the Christianity
belief shows its influence upon Nepalese. In fact Hinduism and
Buddhism exist side by side along with others and showing the
perfect harmony of the religious practices
People In Nepal
Nepal is the museum of the human races or even said as the
anthropological pilgrimage. The population of the country is 23
million with the density of 156.27 per square kilometers as the
National Census 2001 A.D. roughly the majority of the peoples
are the Indo-Aryans and the remainder is of Mongoloid origin.
The peoples in the Himalayan are called Tibeto-Mongoloid by
races and Tibeto-Buddhist by religion. They speak Tibetan
language and their own dialects. Their life is based on the
Trans- Himalayan trade and Cis- Himalayan trade. Because of the
poor economy and the prevalent system in their society some of
them are forced to practice the polyandry system.
It was believed that the people called the Sherpas of the North
East Nepal were the migrants of the eastern Tibet. In the mid
hill region the peoples are living with agriculture. Newars are
the main ethnic group of Kathmandu. Magars, Gurungs, Rai and
Limbus form the warrior class and are famous throughout the
world as Brave Gurkhas. Terai had been poorly inhabited for long
time because of the fear of so-called disease Malaria .It was
covered with the dense forests for many years and now mass
deforestation has made this region better place to live. During
the course of time people from mid-hills started migrating to
this region as they found the land there rich enough for
cultivation.
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