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Mugali People
The Mugali are a remote Tibetan Buddhist tribe in the Mugu District of Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ... who speak the Mugom dialect of the Mugom–Karmarong language. There have been attempts to create public health materials for them that take into account their culture. Sourcesshort page on health initiative with the Mugali Ethnic groups in Nepal Ethnoreligious groups in Asia {{Asia-ethno-group-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tibetan Buddhist
Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet, Bhutan and Mongolia. It also has a sizable number of adherents in the areas surrounding the Himalayas, including the Indian regions of Ladakh, Darjeeling, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh, as well as in Nepal. Smaller groups of practitioners can be found in Central Asia, some regions of China such as Northeast China, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and some regions of Russia, such as Tuva, Buryatia, and Kalmykia. Tibetan Buddhism evolved as a form of Mahāyāna Buddhism stemming from the latest stages of Indian Buddhism (which included many Vajrayāna elements). It thus preserves many Indian Buddhist tantric practices of the post-Gupta early medieval period (500–1200 CE), along with numerous native Tibetan developments. In the pre-modern era, Tibetan Buddhism spread outside of Tibet primarily due to the influence of the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), founded by Kublai Khan, who ruled China, Mongolia, and parts of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mugu District
Mugu District ( ), a part of Karnali Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Gamgadhi as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population (2011) of 55,286. Mugu is known for being both the most remote district in Nepal, as well as the least developed. Geography and climate Mugu's geography is very rugged. The biggest lake in Nepal, Rara Lake, also known as ''Mahendra Daha'', lies in Mugu District. It is one of the biggest districts of Nepal. Pulu is one of the more well-known villages of the Mugu district. Formerly, Pulu was a village development committee (VDC), which were local-level administrative units. In 2017, the government of Nepal restructured local government in line with the 2015 constitution and VDCs were discontinued. Similarly, Seri is another prominent village of the district, which was also a VDC prior to the new arrangements for local administration. There are several other villages nearby, including Riu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China China–Nepal border, to the north, and India India–Nepal border, to the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a Geography of Nepal, diverse geography, including Terai, fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten List of highest mountains#List, tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and List of cities in Nepal, its largest city. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious, and multi-cultural state, with Nepali language, Nepali as the official language. The name "Nepal" is first record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mugom Dialect
Mugom language, also known as Mugom-ket, is the Sino-Tibetan language of the Mugali , Mugali people of Mugu District, Mugu district in Nepal. Language name Mugom speakers self-identify as ''“Moa,”'' and are referred to as ''“Mugali”'' by non-Tibetan peoples of the area. Mugom speakers simply refer to their language as ''“mugu jillako bhote bhasa,”'' lit. ‘the Tibetan language of Mugu district.’ Speakers Mugom is spoken by roughly 500 people originating from the village of Mugugau along the Karnali River, Mugu Karnali River in Mugum Karmarong Rural Municipality.Japola, Mari-Sisco. (2002). Mugom Survey. United Mission to Nepal, Mugu Education Project internal report: unpublished. The language is specifically associated with Mugali, Mugali people. A small diaspora community of Mugali exists in Boudhanath, Bouddha, in the northeast part of Kathmandu. Language vitality In 2002, a sociolinguistic study found that Mugom speakers in diaspora consistently used their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
