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CONDOLENCE
Man Bahadur Shahi is a proudly taken name in Raute Community. He has spent his sixty years to establish Raute and rest of the world is different. He always uses to say that " You are the world and We are the Rautes".

After the eighty years of his life Man Bahadur Mukhiya has died in 14th Jesth, 2065 B.S. Now he is no more with us but still raute community is going with his vision and idea. We heartily condolence to late Man Bahadur Shahi.

CONTEMPORARY VISION
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RAUTE IN NEPAL

Rautes are only the nomadic ethnic group of Nepal who have been sustaining their unique cultural identities for years. They live from 1 week to 1 month in a particular place and leave for the next. They establish such temporary residences inside or near the forest. If any one of the member faces the fatal consequence, they immediately move to the next place. Nowadays, Rautes reside in the mid-western part of Nepal.

Rautes have been bartering their wooden products with that of the different crops in the nearby villages for years. Unfortunately, their wooden products have gradually been replaced by the plastics and other foreign products. So this endeavor attempts to provide the Rautes for their basics by selling their wooden products. . .

Wooden Products

Raute Culture

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Koshi is one of the important wooden bowls which is made plainly and without any decoration. Diverse in sizes, it has lid to fit its open mouth. These are used in the villages in order to keep rice, maize, and other different home products . . .

Apart from the ethnic culture and the religious aspect of the Rautes, there are three special features that sustain their Raute tradition. Those include carpentry (wood work), hunting, monkey hunting, and their ethnic dance. Hunting . ..

After bartering the bowls, with grains, a blessing is spelled out over the bowl which runs roughly as follows: I give this bowl with the blessing that it's owner may be wealthy and always have milk, fresh meat and rice, and this ...