Q. The Lepcha Tribe is primarily found in which states?
Answer: Sikkim and West Bengal
Notes: Sikkim recently celebrated Tendong Lho Rum Faat, a nature-worshipping festival of the primitive Lepcha tribe. The Lepchas are indigenous people of eastern Nepal, western Bhutan, Sikkim, and Darjeeling district of West Bengal. They are classified as a Scheduled Tribe in Sikkim and call themselves ‘Rongs’ or ‘Rongkups’. They speak Lepcha language with a script based on Sanskrit. They were originally nature worshipers but later embraced Buddhism.

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