Khamba (tribe)

Khamba (tribe)

The Khamba, also spelled as Khemba, are a people who inhabit around the Yang-Sang-Chu valley, which is also known as the Yongyap valley in the West Siang district, nearing the Tibetan border. Within the valley they inhabit in the villages Yorton, Lango, Tashigong, Nyukong and Mangkota.

Wheat and maize are principal crops cultivated by the Khamba. Their houses, which are made from stone and wood, is based on a structure that strongly resembles the Monpa.

The Khamba are adherents of Tibetan Buddhism and use their own script, Hingna, [cite book|title=Atlas of the Languages and Ethnic Communities of South Asia|author=Roland J. L. Breton|publisher=Sage Publications|year=1997|pages=213|isbn=0803993676] which is based on the Tibetan script. However, due to relative isolation from Tibet and occasional contacts with the Adi tribes, they are also somewhat influenced by the Donyi-Polo faith in their beliefs. In every village there will be a Buddhist Lama. Festivals that are celebrated are parallel with the Memba, which includes Losar, the Tibetan New Year.

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External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kbg Ethnologue profie]


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