A Tibetan Village of Nepalese Immigrants' Descendants

July,27 2016 BY Master Catherine Jigme 0 COMMENTS

Located in Gyirong Town, a border town in southwest Tibet's Shigatse Prefecture, the Darman Village consists of near 200 descendants of Nepalese immigrants.

As their forefathers moved from Nepal to the village and surrounding areas, these Darman people have been living here for several generations. For a long time the descendants didn't have Chinese nationality, until ten years ago. On May 26, 2003, the Darman people officially became naturalized Chinese and in 2005 they moved into the Darman Village which was invested 1.47 million yuan (237 thousands US dollars) and owned a total area of housing of 3,664 square meters.

Tibetan village of Nepalese

A young lady of Darman Village clears up firewood in her home

About the Author - Master Catherine Jigme

With exceptional passion and outstanding leadership, Mrs. Catherine has dedicated herself to Tibet inbound tourism and China tour for 15 years. As one of the handful females who see great potential of Chinese inbound tourism, Catherine has made great contribution to promoting Tibet tourism and enhancing the employment of Tibetans and prosperity of local Tibetan community.

Over the years, she travelled overseas with Tibet Tourism Bureau many times to promote Tibet tourism. Currently, Catherine works as the marketing director of Tibet Vista, an opinion leader behind the whole team of Tibet Vista.

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