Magar Newspaper

Hey guys it is really thrilling to see a newspaper in Magar language. Actaually I was going through this website www.gorkhapatra.org.np and at left hand bottom side there is an option of in which we can view Naya Nepal in Magar language thats in pdf file. But thats completely thrilling to see a newspaper written in Magar language. Guys just check it out.

Why 'Magars' are still lagging behind.

Have you ever thought that almost all nationalities have there title attached with their name, like Gurungs write 'Gurung', so is Rai, Tamang, Tharu, Sherpa etc. Or, else they have their strong culture or identity like Bahun, Newars etc.

You might have known what I mean to say, all these are lacking in Magars. How do you know that a person with 'Thapa' title is a Magar or Chettri. Even there is no cultural similarity in the Magars of different region. For example, in Syangja itself, In Northern Syangja few magars strictly follow the Hindu rituals like Yagna and all in their marriage ceremony, however, in Southern part of Syangja they perform 'Dhog Bhet', which has no similarity with Hindu rituals.

Here, what I mean to say is that Like in other Nationality, where they show strong identity, the same is lacking in Magars. May be that could be one of the reason why we still didn't come up strongly. The first thing we need to sort out it is whoever Magar we are whether Rana, Gaha, Baral etc, 'Magar' should be written in our title and other thing is that we need to synchronize our culture, we should not forget our actual, ancestral culture and roots.

Magar Histroy - I (by William Brook Northy)

Magars is the largest group among the indigenous peoples and nationalities of nepal. They are mainly seettled in Gandaki, Lumbini, Dhaulagiri, Rapti and Bheri. Magars entered Nepal around 1100 BCE from eastern part, may be from Burma or Sikkim. Finally they have settled in along Kali Gandaki, Maryangdi and Rapti basin. They are belongs a Tibeto-Burman family, contrary to the fact which is mentioned in the William Brook Northy, book The Gurkhas, (This is one of the poorly written book I have ever gone through, please Mr. William if u don't have knowledge about Nepal please dont write, better write about ur own people, first go and study the facts, ok) that they come from India. They are one of the early settler in Nepal, and at that time they were neither Hindu nor Buddhist (Which in fact I think we are not both of them till now, both the religion has been forced on us, our so called Magar scholars are now claiming that Magars are Buddhist, these people could not even find there own identity, how they will guide the community). "Magars must have come from their place by way of tibet and since they show no trace of Buddhism in their religios activities, they most likely arrived in Nepal before Buddhism was introduced to Tibet in the seventh Century"(1933:11). Some Budhamagar has written that Magars had came from caves and some has mentioned that there were two brothers called Magars, and all this has been written by some Magar scholars. Magars had very strong presence in their respective region in Medivel period, hence the name Athara and Barah Magarat come into existence ( However we can discuss on this in detail, later).

I will keep on updating it if I will get more Facts and History.

Magars / Mangars

Here, through this blog we will explore more about Magars, the community, its culture, its past, its present and lot of other things which I seen is lacking in lot of Magars websites. Whatever, I will be writing here is purely my personal opinion. This blog is to share the things I know about the community and also would be delighted if have any more information to share or any suggestion about this blog, I will also welcome ur comments on my blog.

I hope this blog will help the students who are looking for some information regarding Magars in a single platform. 

So, today onwards we will start a journey towards knowing our own identity and ourselves in broad sense.