• Depica Dahal

All animals require adequate nutrition to survive. Their consumption is guided by instinct. In the case of human beings intake of nutrients is guided by the cultural factors. Each culture has its own way of defining what food is and what non-food is, what is nutrient and what is non-nutrient. The food and nutrition appears very simple phenomenon in our life, but for anthropologists it is a cultural phenomenon. In every human society, food is deeply embedded in the social, religious n economic aspects. The anthropology of food focuses on the cultural and social significance of food and eating. Apart from geographical information of the people inhabitants, this paper also reveals the food habits and associated food beliefs among the ethnic Nepalese of Sikkim and adjoining areas.

food, culture, identity

"Food as an Identity for Ethnic Nepalis of Sikkim and Adjoining areas", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.450-457, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907H69.pdf

"Food as an Identity for Ethnic Nepalis of Sikkim and Adjoining areas", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp450-457, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907H69.pdf