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    Nepal | Portrait of Tamang | Tamang Heritage Trail | Langtang National Park

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | The Tamang | Langtang National Park | Nepal © 2012 Ahmad Shukri | Me and Tamang Women | Langtang © 2012 MHilmi | Me and Tamang Women | Langtang National Park | Nepal The Tamangs (Devnagari: तामाङ; tāmāng) also called “Tamags” are indigenous inhabitants of the Himalayan regions of Nepal. They form one of the major Tibeto-Burman speaking communities and trace their ancestry from Tibet. They have their own distinct culture, language and religion. Through the centuries, due to foreign invasions, they moved to other parts of South Asia. Today, they inhabit practically the entire mountainous regions of Nepal and also adjoining regions of India,…