Sirki

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The Sirki (also spelled Sarki) are a clan found in the region of the Himalayas and referred to in the Nepali and Thakali languages.[1]

The clan are traditionally shoemakers and tanners[1] and in the rigid Hindu caste system of Sikkim they are treated as being a polluting community.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vinding, Michael (1998). The Thakali: A Himalayan Ethnography. Serindia Publications. pp. 388, 443. ISBN 9780906026502. 
  2. ↑ Choudhury, Maitreyee (2006). Sikkim: Geographical Perspectives. Mittal Publications. p. 30. ISBN 9788183241588. 
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