Himalayas
The rationale for this paper is that it is necessary for rural development planners and workers to have knowledge of the structure of rural Nepal and the functions and processes of its various parts. There is a lot of knowledge that exists, but it deserves to be systematised and disseminated for application in national development planning.
It is suggested that in carrying out rural...
The world of Frank has for the first time provided researchers with a comparative picture of the varied populations living throughout the central regions of Nepal, but as the author points out, it is a task which by its nature is never finished for populations are in a state of continual flux. Moreover the demographer can only paint a very broad picture, leaving it to others to fill in the...
This paper is a preliminary report, a discussion of seasonal migratory trading patterns of the population of Baragaon. The villages concerned are located in the Kagbeni and Muktinath Panchayats in the central part of Mustang District, Nepal.
Baragaon is an area located along a traditional trade-route between Tibet, the middle hills of Nepal and the plains region of the Nepalese...
In the author's tour of east Nepal hills, starting from Solu and proceeding eastwards to Dharan by Okaldhunga, Bhojpur, Chainpur and Hile, the author noted the regular appearance of certain manufactured goods. Batteries, biscuits, cigarettes, cloth etc. could be seen. Copy books, rubber or canvas shoes, kerosene brass lamps, candles, glass tumblers, aluminium vessels, traditional brassware,...
Ethnobotany is a subject of more than scholarly or historical interest in Nepal. In the five years 1970-75, the export earnings for the sale of Nepalese medicinal plants rose from one and a half to nearly ten million rupees, a trend that held in subsequent years and represents about 3% of the total exports of Nepal. Potential uses of medicinal plants from the higher altitude areas remains...
This article describes and analyses the household among the Thakalis. It examines firstly the economics of the household and the inheritance system. Next the frequency of different household types is analysed in relation to residence pattern and the developmental cycle of the household.
The ideal norm among Hindus is the joint family household. One of the aims of this article is to show...
The Humli-Khyampas of far western Nepal are a little known Nepalese ethnic group. They belong to one of the several Tibetan-speaking communities in the Himalayan belt who are known in the Nepalese language as Bhotyas, a term reflecting their cultural affinities with the Tibetan people. The study of this group's economy and social organisation shows that the Humli-Khyampas are a relatively...
Tibetan culture views becoming old in a positive way, as a time when the cares and worries of managing a household are lessened and shifted to one's child or children. Ageing is seen ideally as a process of disengagement from everyday worldly concerns. It is a time when persons devote more time and attention to acquiring merit by religious activities in preparation for the future, i.e. for the...
To the countries adjacent to it, including Nepal to the south, Tibet has never been the closed and mysterious land it has characteristically been for more distant peoples, particularly Westerners. In fact, the entire social, cultural, and economic history of Tibet is inextricably bound up with that of its neighbours. Until the beginning of the nineteenth century, Nepal shared greater cultural...
The findings presented here are the result of a detailed analysis of the couple adopting various forms of contraceptive devices. All the information collected during the field research activity of the Family Health Project, IOM under UNFPA fund is supplemented by additional information on family types, contraception history, etc. An attempt has been made in analysing the determinants of...
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