Lohorung people
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Lohorung are a janajati or ethnic native people of eastern Nepal.[1][2] The Lohorung homeland is Sankhuwasabha district in the northern part of the Arun watershed, a tributary to the Koshi. At present they are found in eight other districts of Nepal: Ilam, Jhapa, Sunsari, Morang, Dhankuta, Terhathum, Lalitpur and Kathmandu. They also live in northeastern states of India: Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal, Sikkim and Assam, and even Bhutan, Australia, United Kingdom and United States.
The Lohorung language belongs to the Kiranti group of Sino-Tibetan languages. Lohorung Yakhkhaba Yuyong is a non-profit organization advocating for the Lohorung community. It is based in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The main festivals of Lohorung are Nwagi and Iksamam.
Lohorung language words
1. Cham Food/rice
2. Khen Curry
3. Yap-me People
4. Bop-pa Grandfather
5. Mapma Grandmother
6. sag-chang Money
7. Chang-chera Cloths
8. yomma Water
9. may Fire
The different branch of Lohorung people
1. Chang-kha me
2. Kha-ya song
3. Seppa
4. Dingguwa
List of Lohorung villages
- Khartuwa
- Pangma
- Heluwa
- Diding
- Dhupu
- Tallo Dhupu
- Malta
- Khandbari
- Ilam
- Dhankuta
- Letang
- Angla
- Dharan
- Itahari
- Kathmandu
- Yaphu
- Tumlingtar
- Num
- Hedangna
See also
- Other Worlds: Notions of Self and Emotion among the Lohorung Rai a non-fiction social sciences book by Charlotte Hardman about the Lohorung people