The Rai are ethnolinguistic group belonging to the Kirat family and primarily Tibeto-Burman linguistic ethnicity. They mainly reside in the eastern parts of Nepal, the Indian states of Sikkim, West Bengal and in southwestern Bhutan.
A Rai women in traditional Nose Ring(Dhungri-Bulaki)
Rai women in Sakela Ubhauli festival Kathmandu
Rai tribal Shaman Nakso or Nakchhong performing ritual
Distribution territory of different Rai Linguistic groups in Eastern Nepal Province No. 1 districts include Khotang, Bhojpur, Solukhambu, Dhankuta, Sankhuwasabha, Udaypur, Okhaldhunga, Ilam and Panchthar District.
The Kirati people, also spelled as Kirant, are Sino-Tibetan ethnolinguistic groups and indigenous peoples of the Himalayas, mostly the Eastern Himalaya extending eastward from Nepal to Northern India (predominantly in the Indian States of Sikkim and Darjeeling & Kalimpong hills of northern West Bengal
Birupakshya ancestor of Kirati people erected by ancient kirati kings of nepal near the Pashupati Aryaghat.
Khukuri with chakmak and karda. Kirati traditional knife. It is said that the Khukuri was first used by Kiratis who came to power in Nepal before the Lichchavi age, around the 7th century.[dubious – discuss][citation needed]
Kirantis (B.C. 1500 to 2016 A.D.)
Kirati tribesman from Himalayas
