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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Badi/Vadi
| native_name = बादी/वादी
| native_name_lang = nep
| image =
| image_caption =
| poptime =
| population =
| region1 = {{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Nepal]]
| pop1 = 38,603 (0.1% of Nepal's population)<ref name="cbs"/>
| region2 = [[India]], [[Bhutan]] and [[Burma]]
| langs = [[Parse Kura]], [[Nepali language]] (Khas kura)
| rels = [[Hinduism in Nepal|Hinduism]] 96% (2011), [[Christianity]] 4% (2011)<ref>{{cite report |date=2014 |title=Population monograph of Nepal |volume=II |author=Central Bureau of Statistics |publisher=Government of Nepal |url=https://nepal.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Population%20Monograph%20V02.pdf}}</ref>
| related = [[Khas people]], [[Damai]], [[Sarki (ethnic group)|Sarki]], [[Kami (caste)|Kami]], [[Gandarbha|Gandarbha/Gaine]]
}}
'''Badi''' ({{langx|ne|बादी}}) is a Hill [[Dalit]] community in [[Nepal]]. The [[Caste system in Nepal#Muluki Ain (1854)|1854 Nepalese Muluki Ain (Legal Code)]] categorized Badi in the "Impure and Untouchable (''Pani Na Chalne'')" category.<ref>Gurung, Harka (2005) "Social Exclusion and Maoist Insurgency". Paper presented at National Dialogue Conference at ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal people, Kathmandu, 19–20 January 2005.</ref> Badi are categorized under "Hill [[Dalit]]" among the 9 broad social groups, along with [[Damai]], [[Sarki (ethnic group)|Sarki]], [[Kami (caste)|Kami]] and [[Gandarbha|Gaine]] by the Government of Nepal.<ref name="cbs">{{Cite web|title=Nepal Census 2011|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsD/demographic/sources/census/wphc/Nepal/Nepal-Census-2011-Vol1.pdf}}</ref> 'Badi' means ''Vadyabadak'', one who plays musical instruments, in [[Sanskrit]]. They are Indigenous people of Western Nepal They celebrate their "bhad sakrati" their main festival. They support their impoverished families through daily wages and fishing, woodcutting and making musical instruments.

Due to many caste-based discriminations in [[Nepal]], the government of [[Nepal]] legally abolished the caste-system and criminalized any caste-based discrimination, including "[[untouchability]]" (the ostracism of a specific caste) - in the year 1963 [[Anno Domini|A.D.]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title=Nepal: Deadly caste-based attacks spur outcry over social discrimination {{!}} DW {{!}} 16.06.2020|url=https://www.dw.com/en/nepal-deadly-caste-based-attacks-spur-outcry-over-social-discrimination/a-53827719|access-date=2021-02-28|website=DW.COM|language=en-GB}}</ref> With Nepal's step towards freedom and equality, Nepal, previously ruled by a [[Hinduism|Hindu]] monarchy was a [[Hindus|Hindu]] nation which has now become a [[secular state]],<ref>{{cite news|date=18 May 2006|title=Nepal king stripped of most powers|publisher=[[CNN]]|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/18/nepal.king/|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> and on 28 May 2008, it was declared a republic,<ref name="Abolish">{{cite news|date=28 May 2008|title=Nepal votes to abolish monarchy|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7424302.stm|url-status=live|access-date=18 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107130737/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7424302.stm|archive-date=7 January 2017}}</ref> ending it as the [[Hindu king]]dom with its [[caste-based discrimination]]s and the [[untouchability]] roots.<ref>{{cite news|last=Crossette|first=Barbara|author-link=Barbara Crossette|date=3 June 2001|title=Birenda, 55, Ruler of Nepal's Hindu Kingdom|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/03/world/birenda-55-ruler-of-nepal-s-hindu-kingdom.html|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref>

==History==
The Badi remain the lowest ranking [[dalit|untouchable]] [[caste]] in western Nepal. The rules of orthodox Hinduism dictate that members of the higher castes (Braham, [[Chetri]], or [[Thakuri]]) cannot allow the Badi into their houses, accept water or food from them, use the same village pump, or even brush against them; although higher caste men are allowed to have sex with Badi prostitutes. "For many years, I thought it was my fate to be a prostitute," says a Badi prostitute. "Now I realize this system wasn't made by God. It was made by man."<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-nepal-prostitutes-20110612,0,6459509.story ''Los Angeles Times'': "Badi women of Nepal are trapped in a life of degradation"] June 12, 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.advocacynet.org/page/badi The Advocacy Project: "Born Into Prostitution – The Badi Women"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110619033907/http://www.advocacynet.org/page/badi |date=2011-06-19 }}</ref><ref>[http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1701&context=himalaya Cox, Thomas E. (2000) "The Intended and Unintended Consequences of AIDS Prevention Among Badi in Tulispur"] ''Himalaya, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies'': Vol. 20: No. 1, Article 8.</ref>

==Geographical distribution==
At the time of the [[2011 Nepal census]], 38,603 people (0.1% of the population in Nepal) were Badi.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/upLoads/2018/12/Volume05Part02.pdf |title=2011 Nepal Census, District Level Detail Report |access-date=2023-03-17 |archive-date=2023-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314170005/https://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/upLoads/2018/12/Volume05Part02.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The frequency of Badi by province was as follows:
* [[Sudurpashchim Province]] (0.4%)
* [[Gandaki Province]] (0.3%)
* [[Karnali Province]] (0.3%)
* [[Bagmati Province]] (0.1%)
* [[Koshi Province]] (0.1%)
* [[Lumbini Province]] (0.1%)
* [[Madhesh Province]] (0.0%)

The frequency of Badi was higher than national average in the following districts:
* [[Bajura District|Bajura]] (1.4%)
* [[Doti District|Doti]] (1.4%)
* [[Kaski District|Kaski]] (0.8%)
* [[Jajarkot District|Jajarkot]] (0.7%)
* [[Surkhet District|Surkhet]] (0.5%)
* [[Tanahun District|Tanahun]] (0.5%)
* [[Kailali District|Kailali]] (0.4%)
* [[Achham District|Achham]] (0.3%)
* [[Dailekh District|Dailekh]] (0.3%)
* [[Eastern Rukum District|Eastern Rukum]] (0.3%)
* [[Kanchanpur District|Kanchanpur]] (0.3%)
* [[Mustang District|Mustang]] (0.3%)
* [[Salyan District, Nepal|Salyan]] (0.3%)
* [[Tehrathum District|Tehrathum]] (0.3%)
* [[Western Rukum District|Western Rukum]] (0.3%)
* [[Bajhang District|Bajhang]] (0.2%)
* [[Bardiya District|Bardiya]] (0.2%)
* [[Dadeldhura District|Dadeldhura]] (0.2%)
* [[Humla District|Humla]] (0.2%)
* [[Nawalpur District|Nawalpur]] (0.2%)
* [[Pyuthan District|Pyuthan]] (0.2%)

==Representation in Culture==
The novel '[[Nathiya (novel)|Nathiya(नथीया)]]', written by the author [[Saraswati Pratikshya]], is based on this community.

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite journal | title= The Badi: Prostitution as a Social Norm among an Untouchable Caste of West Nepal | journal= Kailash | year= 1990 | volume= 16 | issue = 3–4 | pages= 165–186 | last= Cox | first= Thomas |url=http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/kailash/pdf/kailash_16_0304_02.pdf}}
* {{Cite web | first= Thomas L. | last= Kelly | authorlink = | url = http://www.fotyart.org/travel/maleta/tom-kelly/Fallen_Angels-2.pdf | title = Fallen Angels }} Photos of badis at plates 38–30, 41, 48, 50, 51.
* {{Cite book | title = Fallen Angels: the Sex Workers of South Asia |last=Kelly |first=Thomas L. | year = 2000 | url = http://thomaslkelly.smugmug.com/Books-Published/FALLEN-ANGELS/7107725_MLYup#455732279_VT | publisher = Roli Books | location = New Delhi}} Photojournalism.

[[Category:Ethnic groups in Nepal]]
[[Category:Dalit communities]]

Badi people - Revision history