Gurung people

Gurung people

Gurung (Tamu) girls in traditional attire
Languages
Gurung, Nepali and Himachali
Religion
Buddhism and Hinduism [1]

The Gurung people, also called Tamu, are an ethnic group from different parts of Nepal.[2]

Religion

[3] Priestly practitioners of Gurung Dharma include lamas, ghyabri (klehpri), and pachyu (paju).[4] Shamanistic elements among the Gurungs remain strong and most Gurungs often embrace Buddhist and Bön rituals in all communal activities.[5]

Notable Gurung people

See also

References

  1. Dr. Dilli Ram Dahal (2002-12-30). "Chapter 3. Social composition of the Population: Caste/Ethnicity and Religion in Nepal". Government of Nepal, Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  2. "Ethnohistory of Gurung People" (PDF). Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Mumford, Stanley Royal (1989). Himalayan Dialogue: Tibetan Lamas and Gurung Shamans in Nepal. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 30–32. ISBN 0-299-11984-X.
  4. von Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph (1985). Tribal populations and cultures of the Indian subcontinent. 2. Brill Publishers. pp. 137–8. ISBN 90-04-07120-2. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
  5. Robert Gordon Latham (1859). Descriptive Ethnology. I. London: John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row. pp. 80–82.

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