Newar people facts for kids
Banras/Shakya Buddhist priests
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| Total population | |
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| 1,321,933 (5% of Nepal population) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Nepal | |
| Languages | |
| Newar and Nepali | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism and Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Nepal Mandala peoples; Maithils; Tibeto-Burman peoples; Other Indo-Aryan peoples |
Newar people (also known as Newars or Nepami) are the historical inhabitants of the Nepal Mandala which consists of Nepa Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal and the creators of its historic heritage and civilization.
Newar people have developed a division of labor and a sophisticated urban civilization not seen elsewhere in the Himalayan foothills. Newar people have continued their age-old traditions and practices and pride themselves as the true custodians of the religion, culture and civilization of Nepal. They are the historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisation. Newars form a linguistic and cultural community of primarily Indo-Aryan and Tibeto-Burman ethnicities following Hinduism and Buddhism with Nepal Bhasa as their common language.
The Kathmandu Valley and surrounding territories constituted the former Newar kingdom of the Nepal Mandala. Unlike other common-origin ethnic or caste groups of Nepal, the Newar people are regarded as an example of a nation community with a relic identity, derived from an ethnically-diverse, previously-existing polity. Newar civilization within it consists of various strands of ethnic, racial, caste and religious heterogeneity, as they are the descendants of the diverse group of people that have lived in Nepal Mandala since prehistoric times.
Images for kids
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The Vajji or Vṛji Mahajanapada and Malla Mahajanapada in 600 BCE; Notable Licchavi (kingdom) and Malla (Nepal) of Nepal Mandala originated from respective ones
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Newar traders in Lhasa in the 1940s.
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Temple of Pashupatinath.
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Statue of Vairochana Buddha on the Swayambhu Stupa.
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Buddhist deity Manjusri
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The Nyetamaru Ajima masked dance is performed at Nyeta in Kathmandu in April.
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Vasudhara Mandala, by Jasaraja Jirili, Nepal, dated 1365.
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Kathmandu Durbar Square.
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Miaoying Temple, an example of Newar architecture in China
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Chariot pulled in procession during Biska Jatra in Bhaktapur.
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A Newar woman wearing parsi, circa 1860–1900
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One of the popular sweet, "Yomari"
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Nyatapola Temple in Bhaktapur
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Statue in Lalitpur
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Swayambhunath in Kathmandu
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The world-famous Golden Gate of Bhaktapur
See also
In Spanish: Pueblo Newa para niños
