Lovely Tharu nis during one of their festive.
Facts:
Tharus are the largest group of people in the Terai area. Historically, they were the
only ones that were able to reside in the malarial jungles on the country's southern border.
But as mosquito control became available, many others have migrated into their area.
Being hunters and fishermen, this migration has affected the Tharu's lifestyle of roaming with
resource availability. Many are now farmers and they are most exploited peasants, especially in the Dang-Deukhuri, Bardiya, and Kailali areas. Tharus have their own language but their
customs differ according to the settlement area. In some areas, the Tharu women marry early.
Their lovers must often work for their parents-in-law for two to three days before they "earn" the
right to marry.
Living as they do in the realm of wildlife and insects, Tharus revere animistic spirits as well as some
Hindu deities. A village god is worshiped by each community at a small raised shrine.
Some family names of Tharus are: Rana, Kathariya, and Chaudhari.

Tharus was one of the earliest inhabitants of Nepal. According to
Nepalese Culture: Annual Journal of NeHCA By Tribhuvana Viśvavidyālaya Nepālī
Itihāsa, Saṃskr̥ti, ra Purātatva Śikshaṇa Samiti, Tribhuvana
Viśvavidyālaya, together with Dhimal, Hayu, Koch, Thami, Chepang
and Surel ethnic groups, Tharus are also consider themselves to be
of
Kirati descent.
In support scholar G.P Singh wrote that "The Thadus or Tharus occupying the Tarai region from
Nepal and eastern Rohilkhanda along the frontiers of Oudh to Gorakhpur are supposed to be
identical with the Kiratas. The great bulk of them are now subjects of Nepal Government."
G.P Singh (The Kiratas in Ancient India), 1990