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The Tharu people (Devanagari:थारू, Thārū) are an ethnic group indigenous to the Terai, the southern foothills of the Himalayas in Nepal and India. The Tharus are recognized as an official nationality by the Governments of Nepal and India.
As of 2011, the Tharu population of Nepal was censused at 1,737,470 people, or 6.6% of the total population. In 2009, the majority of Tharu people were estimated to live in Nepal. There are several endogamous sub-groups of Tharu:
In this episode of Main Bhi Bharat our team traveled to West Champaran district of Bihar to meet Tharu tribe. The Tharu people are indigenous people living in the Terai plains on the border of Nepal and India. In this particular episode we explore how culture and life style of Tharu people is changing drastically because of majority society influence. Anchor: Shyam Sunder
Recorded February 13, 2013 This is a segment from my complete Chitwan video found at http://youtu.be/tTveSiohCzk. The Tharu Village (Badrahani) located near Sauraha (at the edge of the Chitwan National Park) is a place where the time runs at the fraction of its normal speed observed in the Western Hemisphere. You can see mud & clay-built ochre-colored houses with thatched roofs. These simple, mostly one-room structures with no chimney and no windows seemingly have little to hide from the outside world. During a day, life takes place outside. You may spot an old sewing machine on the porch, pots hanging above the fire, goats wondering around, barking dog making clear who is the boss there... From: http://timvp.com
Tharus harvesting: during the harvest, they are allowed to use foul language and tease members of opposite sex. They also drink rice beers to keep the spirits high. Video courtesy - Kurt Meyer & Pamela Duele Meyer
In this episode of Main Bhi Bharat our team traveled to West Champaran district of Bihar to meet Tharu tribe. The Tharu people are indigenous people living in the Terai plains on the border of Nepal and India. In this particular episode we explore how culture and life style of Tharu people is changing drastically because of majority society influence. Anchor: Shyam Sunder
The Tharu people have a culture unlike any other in Nepal, and they welcome visitors to Chitwan to join in an evening of song and dance to celebrate their lives ...