User:Lotsawa Sherab/Sandbox

There has been a big mistake about the meaning of Sherpa or Sharpa, even in many of the important western dictionaries. They describe Sherpa as those simple porters which the trekkers usually see on their way to the Everest in Nepal. In reality, there is of course nothing really wrong if the westerners understand the word "Sherpa" as porter. There are Sherpas who have done the job of carrying load and who may still do the same job for living. The point is that not all the Sherpas do that job in tourism. It is just a means for living and it is same the westerners who do the job of cleaning street in London or in NY. But nobody would understand westerner as street cleaner....... Anyway... some westerner who first visited Nepal came back the to their original countries and talked about Sherpa, and from that conversation even the academical professors understood the concept of the term "Sherpa" in that way. The best way to eliminate the wrong definition of Sherpa as porter is to write a letter to Editorial press where they publish dictionary with the correct meaning of the word Sherpa. The correct meaning is: It is label given to the people who are born in the area of Mount Everest which lies in the direction of East with respect to the region of Kham of Tibet. Shar means east and pa means the people. People of the east in reference to Kham region not in reference to the map of Nepal. This is why the term Sharpa or Sherpa came out. The Sherpas originally came from the Kham region of Tibet around the 14th century and they slowly settled at the borderline between Nepal and Tibet without returning. The real and correct term would be Sharpa but it has been slowly changed to Sherpa due to the time. So this word has come into existence due to geographical matter. It is a term belonging to the ethnical race of those born in the area of Mount Everest and it should not be used for marketing. I hope I have clarified this word. If somebody can manage to make it changed in the future dictionaries, it will be great.

Actually if look in Atlas map, the Sherpa Region is situated in North-East with reference to the Capital city, Kathmandu.

By Lotsawa Thubten Sherab Sherpa (or Penpa Norbu) as a small contribution for voice of Sherpa