Socio-Economic and Cultural Status Oftamang Community A Case Study Of Sunkoshi Rural Municipality Ward No. 4sindhuli District

Abstract

Socio-Economicand CulturalStatusrelated to the condition of different groups of peoplein society and their beliefs, tradition, habits and activities. It is the combination of social,culturaland economic factors. Tamangsare one of the indigenous group of Nepal havingpopulation of 5.6% of total population. The general objective of this study is to analyze socio-economic and cultural conditionsof the Tamang community of theSunkoshi Rural Municipality ward no. 4and the specificobjectives are to find out a socio economic status, cultural status of Tamang and tosuggest measures for the improvement in their status. A cross-sectional study was adopted to find out the socio-cultural condition of Tamangcommunity of a village of Sindhuli district.For the study, the extensive field visit has beenconducted inSunkoshi RuralMunicipality ward no. 4ofSindhulidistrict. Primary as well assecondary sources of data have been used for this study. In the study 50 householdsofTamanghave been taken for sampling. Purposivesampling technique has been used toselect sample. For the research purposestructured questionnaire, field observation andpersonal interview methods and tools have been used. The most of theTamangpeopleare adopting agriculture as a main occupation. It is found that paddy, maize and milletare the major agricultural production. In the study area it is found that the economiccondition of people is low.Moreover, in terms of their cultural system and condition it isfound that they have their own marriage system. By observing their practices of celebratingfeast and festival it is found that theyare highly influenced by Buddhismtradition and cultureand various dimensions of modernization which has created the challenges on the way ofpreserving their culture and tradition are the main issues. But they are awareto their nativetradition and are involved in various activities on the way of preserving their native tradition.To reduce the socio-cultural challenges, the members of the community should focustheir attention to their native tradition and culture and have to make aware to theiryoung generation about the importance of their native tradition and government shouldfocus on education as wellas economic improvement of Tamangcommunity.