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PEOPLE, CULTURE,
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Nepal is a unique
country inhabited by some 23 million
people comprised of multi-lingual,
multi-ethnical and multi-cultural
diversity. Many of them have their own
languages and customs. The Sherpas,
Limbus, Rais, Newars, Gurungs, Bahuns,
Chhetris, Tharus and other people of
different castes live together
cooperatively and peacefully in Nepal.
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There are 70 spoken languages and 40
ethnic groups in the kingdom of Nepal. Nepali is the
country's official language and English is spoken and
understood by almost all the people living in the major
cities. The people here mostly follow Hinduism and
Buddhism but apart from this some also practice animism,
Tibetan Lamaism, shamanism etc. It is a country of "more
Gods than the people", "More Temples than the houses"
and "More festivals than the number of days in a year"!
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