The Dhimal or Dhemal (Nepali: धिमाल) are ethnic group residing in the eastern Terai of Nepal. They are a Sino-Tibetan-speaking ethnic group of the eastern Terai. They mainly reside in Morang and Jhapa districts of Nepal and Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. They are respected as the "First Citizens" of Damak municipality.[1]
^Mahendra Ratna Multiple Campus for the partial fulfillment for the Master's Degree in Sociology. "LIFESTYLE CHANGE OF DHIMAL COMMUNITY" (PDF).
The Dhimal or Dhemal (Nepali: धिमाल) are ethnic group residing in the eastern Terai of Nepal. They are a Sino-Tibetan-speaking ethnic group of the eastern...
Dhimal is a Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal spoken by about 20,000 people, mainly in the Terai of Koshi Province. There is an eastern and western dialect...
Ranjit Dhimal (Nepali: रञ्जित धिमाल; born 4 April 1991), also known as Rajin Dhimal, is a Nepali professional footballer. He made his first appearance...
Bijay Dhimal (Nepali: बिजय धिमाल; born 4 October 1986) is a defender playing for Three Star Club in Martyr's Memorial A-Division League. In domestic league...
The Dhimalish languages, Dhimal and Toto, are a small group of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal, Bhutan, and the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal...
Dham script is used to write the Dhimal language. The script has been proposed for Unicode encoding since 2012. "Dham Lipi". Omniglot. Retrieved 17 November...
Religion Majority: Kiratism (81%) Minority: Hinduism (14%), Christianity (5%) Related ethnic groups Yakkha Rai Lepcha Dhimal Other Sino-Tibetan people...
Chepang Gurung Khowa Kirati people Rai Limbu Yakkha Sunuwar Jirel Hayu Dhimal Lepcha people Magar people Memba Meitei people (Manipuri people) Naga people...
are today divided into five groups — the Yakkha, Limbu, Rai, Sunuwar , Dhimal When the Shah kings conquered, they established the headman and as local...
(63–71 in) in the west and 2,500–3,000 mm (98–118 in) in the east. Tharu and Dhimal people are the indigenous inhabitants of the Terai forests. Several Tharu...
Bagiya (also called Pithha) is a delicacy of the Maithil, Tharu and Dhimal communities of India and Nepal. It is a steamed dumpling that consists of an...
Gerber (2017) consider Lhokpu to have a particularly close relationship with Dhimal and Toto. Lhokpu is spoken by the Lhop—a Dzongkha term meaning "Southerners"—...
and Dhimal also use Bel's leaves in their rituals such as dhami/jharki (Shamans) of Rais and Limbus, and Bhumi Puja (worship of the earth) of Dhimals. Today...
Nepal Dignitatis Humanae Institute, a Catholic-inspired NGO based in Rome Dhimal language (ISO 639-3 language code), a Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal EMD...
2%, Christianity 1.7%, Prakriti 0.7%, Bahai 0.03% Related ethnic groups Dhimal Bhoksa people Lampucchwa Tharu Rana Tharu people Ban Rawats other Indo-Aryan...
teacher), especially among the Limbu, Rai, Sunuwar, Yakhkha, Lohorung, Dhimal, and Jurel Kirat people. He is credited with the continuation of the ancient...
include Khambu (Rai), Limbu (Subba), Sunuwar (Mukhiya), Yakkha (Dewan), Dhimal, etc. Although each of them has its own language (belonging to the Tibeto-Burman...
by women. Khadki is a hand-woven piece of cloth that is only made by the Dhimal community. Achra is fine cotton or any other special fabric which has beautiful...
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