The valley of Kathmandu is too a stronghold of Buddhism becoming, once because the Newars are believers of both faiths, once because Tibetan refugees are settling in the valley. The Jankhri play a important role in the Neplese society. Other religions like Islam or Christianity are nearly not present in the country. Nepals Official religion is the Hinduism. The industry produces mostly beverages, cigarettes and processed food.
Clothing is connected to agriculture.
The main exports are carpets, handicrafts and tourism plays an important role for Nepal. So the social structure is still based somehow in the old days, supported by the Hindu cast system, which divides all tribes into own categories. Of course, mostly Bhamins have economical and political power, only few other have bigger influence, as in the tourism, Manangi, Sherpa does. Politically Nepal is not stable, as democracy is shortly introduced, so goverments change often, which is a dangerous problem for the long term future dvelopment of the country. Since 1951 the country has open border for tourists, in the sixties mainly climbers, scientists and few rich visited the country, but already in the seventies the number of visitors increased to 70.000 p.a., reaching in the nineties to about 300.000 tourists p.a.