Jyapu girls during a festival: Kathmandu

Jyapus are the indigenous people of Kathmandu Valley but now can be found throughout Nepal. They mostly live in the Nepali cities of Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Kirtipur and Bhaktapur. Jyapu communities have higher stake in preserving ancient cultures existed from thousands of years tradition. 

Pandit

A pandit is a scholar and a teacher, particularly one skilled in the Sanskrit language, who has mastered the four Vedic scriptures, Hindu rituals, Hindu law, religion and/or philosophy under a Guru in a Gurukul or has been tutored under the ancient vedic Guru Shishya academic tradition.

Majhi

                                              Tribal community of fishermen in Nepal called the Majhis.