GO for LOWA.....

These day youth are raising their voice from different area for the demand to change name from GURUNG to LOWA. One of my friend invite me in the Mustang group in facebook, I go through the page and I was stuck as so many people are talking about this particular topic. I was impressed by the idea and I keep joining other Mustangi group too to know better about the issue. So, I hold my pen and start writing it down what’s in my mind.

As being the citizen of Nepal, we have right to demand, what we deserve for and welfare of the society and its culture and traditional.

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Gurung isn’t our real identity and never will be, through so many ways we are different. Our religion might be quite similar but the way we survive and habitat are totally different as well as our traditional, cultural, language. How we could be Gurung? I ask some people about Mustang being Gurung; they told me that we are Lama Gurung. What does it exactly mean? I couldn’t understand it and do you?

How about Karma Gyatso Lowa instead of Karma Gyatso Gurung? I know it sound bizarre but it is who we are. Beside we don’t have to put it by the end as we even can put in the front just like the ancient scholar did. Lowa Rinchen Sangpo is one of the well known scholars of Mustang, just like it, how about Lowa Karma Gyatso?

 Well, if we are Gurung then what about Sherpa? Why they have Sherpa instead of Gurung? Our culture, traditional, languages are far more similar to Sherpa rather than Gurung. Just like Sherpa, so do we live in Himalayan region then why does Nepal government put us in Sherpa instead of Gurung? Because they knew neither does we belong to Sherpa nor does in Gurung but through certain political reason they put us in Gurung categories.

Why not us Lowa? Lowa is not just name of a person who lives in Mustang but it’s the place where our for-father shed their blood for us. Before Nepal take over Mustang, Mustang was once an independent kingdom ruled by a loyal king, although closely tied by language and culture to Tibet. At the end of the 18th century the kingdom was annexed by Nepal. Even if we go through history, Gurung was nowhere to be heard or seen in the history. Then how we can be Gurung?

Well, this is just opinion that popped up in my mind, so I share because I am one of them and I really wanna change Gurung into Lowa. If you guys agree with my opinion and support my view then share it with your each and every Mustangi friends, so that WE CAN MAKE A CHANGE. Beside we really need organization which looks after the welfare of Mustang rather than particular villages. It doesn’t mean, I am against those club or organizations, which are established for the welfare of each particular village. Truly they does great job for the welfare of village like giving environment awareness, health awareness and so on. Thumps up for them and keep up such good work.

GO FOR LOWA.