Posted by: testdirector January 23, 2005
Origin of newars
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Yeah newars do look like Hispanic... some look like Chinese some like Indians (like Bangali) ... Chetris and Bahuns too to some extent look like Hispanic; some of them look like Caucasians, with long thin noses with a steep mountain between their eyes. Newars are not always Vaishyas, as many people think. Before Junga Bahadur or so, Newari samaj was a complete HINDU community, with all four castes within it. Still there are Newar Barmu (Karmacharya, Gurubacharya, Bajrachrya), a Newar verion of Brahmin but with Newari as their mother tongue. A s you know Pradhan, Shrestha, Malla, Maskey are 'Chetris' and Tuladhar, Shakya, Manandhar, Tamrakar, Singh, Maharjan, are Vaishyas with buinessmen with occupation ranging from farmers, carpenters, blacksmiths to technicians, artists, builders. Junga Bahadur is the guy who illegalized the use of Newar in offices.
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