Abstract:
This anthropological study sets its prime concern with the problem that if the host country
has genuine cultural patterns of expatriate mass, then they will show their resistance to
return their home country and wishes fo integrate with the hosting community. This
descriptive study is the outcome of field wbrk on Magar ethnic group in Bhutanese refugee
camps in eastern Nepal. Origin of Magar cultural identity is rooted in Nepal demography
and in Tibetan Buddhist padition. But Magars in Bhutan practiced Brahministic ritual
tradition before they were exiled. After they found refuge in Nepal, they changed their
ritual practice from Brahministic one to their original, Lamastic tradition of Bonbo sect.
Even though actions taken-'by aUthorities to repatriate thes'e refugees to Bhutan and the
expatriate extremists irr refugee camps -also compel them to return to their national
homeland, Magars refute to return there and stipulate to reintegrate within Nepalese
population. This study focuses on how this ritual transjtion made the resolving strategies
of refugee crisis difficult and on holt,their stand in repdtriation made them susceptible to
the violence directed by expatriate Bhutanese extremists. This study is mostly based on
qualitative method and rglied tosome extent quantitative onelThe study finds that as
exiled Magars found their refuge in Nepal, they have changed their ritual tradition in
order to adjust their way of life consistent with the Nepal'$ Magar communities. Such
change has its reflections in ethno-nationalistic sJand of this community and it eventually
let them to stay firm in reintegration strategy dmong three enduring resolving strategies
of refugee problem
