10 Facts about Limbu people of Nepal

The Yakthung or Limbu tribes and clans belong to the Kirati nation or to the Kirat confederation. They are indigenous to the hill and mountainous regions of east Nepal between the Arun and Mechi rivers to as far as Southern Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim.
The name Limbu is an exonym of an uncertain origin. The word Limbu roughly translates as an archer or 'the bearer of bows and arrows'. They call themselves Yakthumba/Yakthung (in Limbu language). They are also known as Shong, Xong or Drenjongka དརེན་འཛང་ཀ་ (in Tibet) or Chong, Tsong འསང་ in (Sikkim). Their estimated population of 700,000 is centered in the districts of Sankhuwasabha, Tehrathum, Dhankuta, Taplejung, Morang, Sunsari, Jhapa, Panchthar and Ilam in Nepal. These districts are all within the Mechi and Kosi zones also known as Limbuwan. Portions of the Limbu population are also located in the East and West districts of Sikkim. A smaller number are scattered throughout the cities of Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal, India, and in North and South Sikkim and Bhutan.
Limbu Clans and Tribes are divided into the Lhasa gotra (from Lhasa, Tibet) and Yunan gotra (from Yunan, China). The Limbu are known as Yakthung Thi-bon or Des Limbu (ten Limbu), from which thirteen Limbu sub-groups have emerged. According to legend, five of the groups came from Yunan, China and the other eight from Lhasa, Tibet.
Unlike the caste system which was brought to the Nepal region after the Hindu invasion, a caste system is not practised among the Limbu people and Limbu sub-groups. However, there are numerous different clans and family-sects.

I'm proud to be nepali than i'm proud to be limbu

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[bossthesins]

i am not kirati and i love my kirati brothers

but gatta say people like kirats ,magars,gurungs ,sherpas,tamangs,

dont have brainnnns

so they are backward

use less muscles more brains

me magar peace out

[yomamafool1]

@bossthesins y do you think that brother. how can a same human being can have different IQ with another race. we are classified in mongoloid category and if you look at today's world we are ahead than any other race in planet.

it's just that our ancestor weren't allowed to study, so it turned younger generation brains down. the indo-aryans of nepal had political power and they ruled us by separating and letting us only work in farms or join the army.

this is the time to rise up my brother !!

[alwaysremember1]

I truly appreciate your work....middle finger to all those haters...:P we should preserve our traditions and cultures.... Fact is fact no one can change it but I know some haters might find it bitter... There is a saying "satya titooo huncha" ....We were left back in old days bcoz they didn't allow our ppl to get educated but now the time has changed we shouldn't sit back..fight for it and let the world knows about our religion ....looking forward for more new videos...

[vvviiisss]

Sorry but these facts are simply wishy washy. most of THESE ARE NOT FACTS. limbu is a sub division of KIRAT and is not an ancient as this video leads to believe in fact its no older than 300 years, like RAI, are an evolved form of KIRAT. LIMBU is not the only script that originated in nepal look at nepal bhasha and both of these are Sino-Tibetan. YOU cannot credit (some of them)these to just to LIMBU, REMEMBER you were not always LIMBU.@bossehesins you are an idiot.

[namhang1]

Hi! yomamafool1, wonderful piece of video that depicts clearly about the limbu people of Nepal. Many many thanks for your efforts on it with nice presentation, effective use of english, clarity of the message delivery. Why not you try to pile up your knowledge and findings to come up with a book in more comprehensive way?

Hope to see you again in such areas.!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheNepaliheart]

@yomamafool1 thanks for reply brother. I 'll try my best n you to carry on best of luck.

[bossthesins]

@yomamafool1 yeah lets rise

[Nameless9635]

"Declaring separate states will not divide Nepal, but if separate states are not given then one cannot be certain of the consequences"

[Nameless9635]

@sulav ur rite gurkhas will go for 1/4 money because the nepalese rulers wont do anything about it. in fact they intend to keep it that way they dont want the kirats in gurkhas to be rich. it is the duty of the government to look after the welfare of its people, but our rulers are always discriminating so they will not speak for our equal rights in british army. so the kirats themselves initiated the GAESO movement. the GAESO, appeal was rejected by the discriminative supreme court of nepal.