People
According to the 2001 census in Nepal, the Kulung-speaking peoples number 18,686; other estimates state about 15,000 speakers. There are tendencies of small communities considering themselves Kulung, but not necessarily belonging to the same origin; these are possibly absorbed into the wider Kulung peoples. The Kulung practise exogamous clan marriage and are protective in their language use. Up to 50% of the population can understand the Nepali language at a basic level. Only Kulung people who live on the border with other language groups speak other languages. The Kulung people are primarily engaged in agriculture, cultivating millet and maize, as well as being hunters and fishermen. They practise traditional religion as well as Hinduism and Buddhism. Unlike most Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal, the Kulung bury their dead instead of cremating.
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