The name Tamang means "horse trader." They are generally very poor people. The majority of Tamang follow Tibetan Buddhism, but mix this heavily with animism and to a lesser extent, with Hinduism. Their priests, or lamas, have a dominant role in the community and perform ceremonies for funerals, etc. Perhaps the most powerful person in society, however, is the shaman, who exorcises demons and interacts with the spirit world. Most of the Tamang live in Nepal.
The area is more open to outsiders than it has been in previous times, but there is still some difficulty in entering.
The smaller Tamang group in India has a signicant number of Christian believers. Perhaps these followers of Christ will see the need to carry the Gospel to the remainder of their own people in Nepal. Please pray to this end.
There are some followers of Jesus today among the Tamang of Nepal. Pray for these, and for those others the Lord will soon bring to himself. Pray they will seek each other out in order to fellowship together. Pray they will be zealous to know Christ, and follow his ways. Pray for the entire Tamang community to be able to care well for their families, to find ways to generate income and meet basic needs. Pray they will make schooling a priority for their children.
Scripture Prayers for the Tamang in Bhutan.
Profile Source: Joshua Project |
Global Prayer Digest: 2018-08-06 |
People Name General | Tamang |
People Name in Country | Tamang |
Population this Country | 9,100 |
Population all Countries | 1,704,000 |
Total Countries | 4 |
Indigenous | No |
Progress Scale | 1 ● |
Unreached | Yes |
Frontier People Group | No |
GSEC | 1 (per PeopleGroups.org) |
Pioneer Workers Needed | 1 |
Alternate Names | Eastern Tamang; Ishang; Lama; Murmi; Nishang; Nishung; Tamanglama; तमंग |
People ID | 18212 |
ROP3 Code | 102861 |
Affinity Bloc | South Asian Peoples |
People Cluster | South Asia Buddhist |
People Group | Tamang |
Ethnic Code | CNN25 |
Affinity Bloc | South Asian Peoples |
People Cluster | South Asia Buddhist |
People Group | Tamang |
Ethnic Code | CNN25 |
Total Subgroups | 18 (only 15 largest shown) |
Bal 0 | |
Bomyan 0 | |
Bopchan 0 | |
Domjan 0 | |
Dong 0 | |
Grongder 0 | |
Gyapole 0 | |
Jhimpa 0 | |
Lopchan 0 | |
Moklan 0 |
Country | Bhutan | ||||||
Region | Asia, South | ||||||
Continent | Asia | ||||||
10/40 Window | Yes | ||||||
Persecution Rank | 43 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) | ||||||
Total States on file | 4 | ||||||
Largest States |
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Specialized Website | South Asia Peoples |
Country | Bhutan |
Region | Asia, South |
Continent | Asia |
10/40 Window | Yes |
Persecution Rank | 43 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) |
Total States | 4 |
Western 8,600 | |
Eastern 500 | |
Southern 50 | |
Central 20 | |
Website | South Asia Peoples |
Primary Language | Nepali | |||
Language Code | npi Ethnologue Listing | |||
Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing | |||
Total Languages | 2 | |||
Secondary Languages |
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Primary Language | Nepali |
Language Code | npi Ethnologue Listing |
Total Languages | 2 |
Secondary Languages | |
Tamang, Eastern | |
People Groups | Speaking Nepali |
Primary Language: Nepali
Bible Translation ▲ | Status (Years) |
---|---|
Bible-Portions | Yes (1850-1961) |
Bible-New Testament | Yes (1821-2010) |
Bible-Complete | Yes (1914-2012) |
Bible-NT Audio | Online |
Bible-NT Text | Online |
Possible Print Bibles | |
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Amazon | |
World Bibles | |
Forum Bible Agencies | |
National Bible Societies | |
World Bible Finder | |
Virtual Storehouse |
Resource Type ▲ | Resource Name |
---|---|
Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching (GRN) |
Audio Recordings | Online New Testament (FCBH) |
Audio Recordings | Online Scripture (Talking Bibles) |
Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project) |
Film / Video | Following Jesus (India, JF Project) |
Film / Video | God's Story Video |
Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Nepali |
Film / Video | Magdalena (Jesus Film Project) |
Film / Video | My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime) |
Film / Video | New Way (Naya Goreto) |
Film / Video | Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project) |
Film / Video | The Hope Video |
General | Got Questions Ministry |
Mobile App | Download Audio Bible app as APK File from FCBH |
Text / Printed Matter | Bible: Comic Book Version (SuperBible) |
Text / Printed Matter | Bible: नेपाली - Nepali |
Text / Printed Matter | Bibles, Bible League |
Text / Printed Matter | EasyBibles |
Text / Printed Matter | International Bible Society |
Text / Printed Matter | Jesus Messiah comic book |
Primary Religion: | Buddhism |
Major Religion ▲ | Percent * |
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Buddhism |
91.61 %
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Christianity (Evangelical Unknown) |
3.59 %
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Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
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Hinduism |
4.79 %
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Islam |
0.00 %
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Non-Religious |
0.00 %
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Other / Small |
0.00 %
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Unknown |
0.00 %
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* From latest Bhutan census data. Current Christian values may substantially differ. |