Shaukas

Shauka women singing in a public event in Malla Dumar, Munsyari
Pangtey Museum in Pithoragarh, a privately owned museum displaying artefacts related to the Shauka people

The Shauka people, also known as Rangkas and Johari, are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group living in the Johar Valley of Gori Ganga river in Munsyari, tehsil of the Pithoragarh District in Uttarakhand, India.[1] Shaukas are a part of Bhotiya community and were historically involved in trade between India and Tibet. Contemporarily, they are engaged in occupations like agriculture, trade, and animal husbandry. They currently speak the Johari, a dialect of Kumaoni[2], and spoke Rangas, a now-extinct, Tibeto-Berman language in the past.[3]

Notable people

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References

  1. ^ Kashyap, Anirban (1996). The Scheduled Castes in India. India: Gyan Publishing House. pp. 83–84, 98.
  2. ^ Śarmā, Devīdatta (1989). Tibeto-Himalayan Languages of Uttarkhand. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-7099-171-7. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  3. ^ Grierson, George Abraham (1916). "Specimens Of The Pahari Languages And Gujuri". Retrieved 14 August 2025.
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