The Gurungs are famous for its culture. Various studies today have, however, shown that this division is an imposition from outside, and the Gurungs are divided into various subgroups (gi) and thar not conforming to the caste system. In Gurung society, the main responsibility for man

In 1958, Bernard Pignede, a French student of anthropology came to Nepal to study about Gurungs. He spent seven months in a Gurung village Mohoriya (Kaski, Gandaki) and traveled through many neighboring Gurung villages to do his research. He learned to speak tamu-kuwei (gurung dialec

The Gurung is an ethnic group from the Central region of Nepal. They live primarily in West Nepal�s Gandaki zone, specifically Lamjung, Kaski, Tanahu, Gorkha, Parbat and Syangja districts as well as the Manang district around the Annapurna mountain range. Some live in the Baglung, Okhaldhunga and Taplejung districts and Machhapuchhre as well. Small numbers are believed to be living in Sikkim or Bhutan.