Thakali derive from Thak Khola , the valley of the Kali Gandaki river in western Nepal. These people are famed for their neatly tended kitchens and derive their subsistence from tourist economy working in hotels, inns, and restaurants income. The Thakalis form a strictly endogamus group which is distinctly divided into four exogamus clans. A Thakali thus is to marry none other than Thakali, but the marriage has to be outside his or her own particular clan.



