Posted by: JPEG May 2, 2009
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Dhimals are one of the indigenous people of Nepal and India. In Nepal, Dhimals live on the
peripheries of the districts of Morang and Jhapa.Their facial features, language and religious
practices are so close to those of the Limbu people that they are also called the Limbus of the
Terai. They also show the characteristic habits, quick temper and aggressiveness, of the Limbu
people. Their animistic religion is very close to the Kirant religion.
They
worship nature and other household gods. They bury their dead like
other Kirant people. Farming is their specialization. Dhimal women are
famous for their traditional skills of weaving.
Marriage can be conducted in any one way, ie by elopement, request or persuasion.
Their
population in Nepal according to the 2001 census was 19,539 while
according to the 2001 Indian census, the Dhimal is one of the smallest
tribes in India, totaling a number of approximately
981 people who continue to speak their native Dhimal language. They reside at Mallbari near Siliguri, West Bengal.
Dhimals consider themselves of Kirati descent. They consider the Athpahariya Rai, Limbu and
Koche people of Terai as their brethern.

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