Untouchable castes are known as Dalits in Nepal; generally they are excluded from society, forced to adopt their own traditional occupations, survive on way below the minimum wages, far behind in literacy, live in unhygienic small muddy houses and have very little human rights।
Dalits and their traditional occupations:
Ram also known as Chamar: Any goods made of leather are to do with the Ram’s caste such as shoes making and polishing, drums and etc. The Ram’s also take the skin of dead animals and this job is regarded as the lowest status job in Nepalese society.
Rishidev also known as Mushar: Earth digger, without using any vehicle moving soil one place to another, to dig pond and well are Rishidev job. Their wives make goods made out of bamboos too.
Domar: Pig farming, making goods of bamboos and messenger (A traditional system in which Rams spread any public news about festivals from Head of the village to the rest of villagers by beating the special drum) are the traditional jobs for Ram caste.
Kichak: The hunters and camping caste, these caste mainly rely on hunting birds etc and generally do not own any lands or houses and are the poorest. They live in tent along the roadside and keep migrating one to another places as hunting gets harder and feel shortage of food in the area.
Bishwakarma also known as Sonar: In west it is known as Goldsmiths, making jewelleries and all sort of metal tools for agriculture and households such as knives, Kodal (a tool to dig field) etc.
Damai: The Caste involved in tailoring business.
Sah also known as Teli: The Oil maker caste but majority of Sah are now middle class and they are easily acceptable and integrated in any society in Nepal.
Nepal Village Foundation has involved in supporting these untouchables and the poorest families in rural villages of Nepal to uplift their livelihoods and support their children to go school। You can bring changes to their life by donating money to our projects or volunteering your skills.
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