Newar people
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Newar, or Nepami, are primarily inhabitants in Kathmandu Valley of Nepal and its surrounding areas, and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisation. Newars are a distinct linguistic and cul
Newar children in traditional costumes during Ihi
Newar traders in Lhasa in the 1940s.
The Nyetamaru Ajima masked dance is performed at Nyeta in Kathmandu in April.
Vasudhara Mandala, by Jasaraja Jirili, Nepal, dated 1365.
Lhasa Newar
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Lhasa Newar were the expatriate Newar traders and artisans who traveled between the Kathmandu Valley and Tibet from centuries ago. These Nepalese merchants conducted trade between Nepal, Tibet and Ben
A caravan crossing the Tuna Plain in Tibet, Mt. Chomolhari in background.
Newar traders listening to the gramophone and playing Chinese dominoes (bha), Lhasa, 1921.
Letterhead of Ghorashar business house dated 1958.
Painted eyes and writing in Nepalese script below on the Kumbum Stupa in Gyantse.