SHERPA

 Settled in the foothills of Himalayan ranges of Nepal, people of Sherpa race have big farming of sheep and yak. They are also tradesmen and cultivators. A handsome part of their earnings, they prefer to spend in religious and charitable purposes. As Buddhists, they decorate their monasteries with fine images of Lord Buddha. Again being a mobile race, they are scattered in distant places and, thus, is occasions when they meet their near relatives, they enjoy such meetings by organising feasts and dancing programmes. They are famous climbers  with many kinds of world records to the credit of the clan. They also provide great help to any aspiring mountaineers in Nepal as guides and porters. 

According to linguists, the word Sherpa means easterner, and that this word comes from the Tibetan language. The ancestral place of these famous mountaineers is northern side of the Solukhumbu district. The traditional habitat of the Sherpas also lies in the valley between the Dudh Koshi and Sun Koshi rivers. The Sherpa language and script are derived from Tibetan. Sherpas are Buddhist and Lhosar is their major festival. They cremate dead bodies when someone is dead. They greet their guests with khada, a kind of scarf. Chhewa is the ritual terminology of the rites performed for the dead. Tourism, trade and farming are the major occupation of the Sherpas.