The high valleys around the back of the Manaslu Range and bordered by the Ganesh Himal to the east and Tibet to the north, are called the Larke region. There are two groups of the people who live here, the Mongoloid Buddhist people in the Ro (Sama) and Tsum valleys, and the Siar people of mixed Gurung ancestor who occupy the hills above Gorkha and Dhading.
The people of the high valleys of Larke originally came from Tibet and are therefore enthusiastic followers of Buddhism. The Siar people share many of the habits and traditions of the Gurungs to the south, while still being ardent Tibetan Buddhism practitioners. Their economies are based on agricluture and trade, as their villages lie along two important trade routes to Tibet, which were possibly established by the Sherpa of the Solu-Khumbu. Tibetans exchanged salt and wool for food grains and Nepali merchandise. They are relatively poor, but kind hearted and fun loving and always ready to share a glass or two of rakshi (fire water) or a pot of boiled potatoes.
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