Ensuring Dignity Of Each Culture

Nepal as the heartland of the Himalayas has always remained a land of diverse people and culture. The ethno-cultural process has undergone modifications in different historical epochs, resulting in the evolution of multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society. The historical trends and dimensions manifest that the three main socio-cultural streams, consisting of the Newar based in the Kathmandu Valley, the parbate or pahadi (hill people) of the more rugged hills and the ethnic people of different isolated pockets, have contributed for the evolution of society and culture. The presence of different racial elements points towards a pluralistic culture producing its own habit and social rules throughout the centuries by means of slow, unceasing process of selection and growth of complexity.