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Yolmo
The Valley Of Yolmo people or Yolmopa are ethnicallyTibetan, Buddhist people whose ancestors migrated in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries from Kyirong region of Tibet to the forested foothills of the Yolmo or (Helambu) valley. They speak a Tibetan-derived language called Hyolmo language as well as Nepali. Some Yolmopas migrated from the countries like Burma, China, India and Bhutan. The Yolmopa have close cultural and linguistic affinity with the inhabitants of the Kerung and Rongsyar areas of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Trade, tourism, Thanka painting, carpet webbing and farming are common occupations of Yolmopa. The number of Yolmopa in Nepal is in dispute. The demographic census carried out in 2001 lists the population of the Yolmo community as 579, with speakers of the Yolmo language as 3,986 people. The Yolmo Community itself claims their population to be in excess of 1,50,000. The word ‘Yolmo’ is mentioned in many religious manuscripts of Tibetan Buddhism and is considered as a holy region where many high level Buddhist masters achieved their miraculous power and is famous for innumerable holy and sacred sites, which are in hidden form called Terma. Although, there are several holy caves and sites revealed by many great Tantric Masters and left many such sites still to be revealed. The Yolmo language is close to the Kerung language and comprises largely of classical Tibetan terminology (as used in Religious scripts-'Pechas'). The Yolmo dialect belongs to the Tibeto-burman language group and uses Ume script, which is widely used in their religious books. The Tibetan people also use the same script. Are the Yolmopa Sherpas? No, though they did call themselves Sherpas for a long time. The Sherpas live about 50 miles east of the valley in Nepal's Solu Khumbu region, near Mt. Everest. The Sherpas migrated from Tibet, too, but they came earlier and they speak a different Tibetan dialect. Most Yolmos in Darjeeling celebrate Tibetan losar where as some celebrate Sonam losar, as they have a different perspective towards Yolmo Culture. During Losar, Khapse and Vabar-a kind of rice bread, with Thongse is eaten. As said, Yolmopas are originally from Tibet and share the same culture, but some Yolmopas believe they are different from other ethinic groups because they have their own unique language and traditions.