CHANGING PATTERN OF LIVELIHOOD OF KUSHBAHIYA TRIBAL GROUP OF NEPAL

Author Name: Sabitra Basnet Pokhrel

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: Nepal

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: http://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/12.2020-41113758/

Affiliation:

1. Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Mahendra Multiple Campus, Nepalgunj, Nepal

ABSTRACT

Kushbahiya, traditional stone cutter and brome maker, are marginalized Janajati of Nepal who at present reside in mainly in terai and some hilly district. Aproximately 3182 of them are living in Nepal. With development of country, change in policy, advancement of technology and acculturalization, Kushbahiya community are changing their livelihood strategy gradually. Once the community used to live like tribal group moving from place to place, hunting in jungle and selling silauto now they have adopted different occupation like rickshaw pulling, wage labour, bus conductor, foreign employment, machiya making, etc. They have also settled down in fixed area. This study is about the changing pattern in livelihood of Kushbahiya in Manikapur village, Nepalgunj Metropolitan city, Banke, as a quantitative research.

Key words: livelihood, acculturalization, tribal group, marginalized group