Taplejung District
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Taplejung District is one of 77 districts of Nepal and one of the 14 districts of Koshi Province. It is located deep in the Himalayas in Eastern Nepal with བོད to the north across the Himalayas. Taplejung is the third largest district of Nepal.
Image: Dudhkunda at Yamtari glacier panoramio
Image: Ghunsa
Image: Lelep
Image: Pathivara, Taplejung
Sherpa people
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The Sherpas are one of the Tibetan ethnic groups native to the most mountainous regions of Nepal and Tibetan Autonomous Region. The term sherpa or sherwa derives from the Tibetan-language words ཤར shar ('east') and པ pa ('people'), which refer to their geographical origin in eastern Tibet.
Young Sherpas in traditional attire at West Bengal Sherpa Cultural Board
Sherpa mountain guide Pem Dorjee Sherpa at Khumbu Icefall
Thame Gompa is one of numerous Sherpa monasteries in Nepal
Traditional Sherpa architecture, but with a steel roof