ocr: There are few ethnic tensions despite the variety of ethnic sroups, - including northerners, such as the Sherpas, the inhabitants ofthe Teraiin the south and the Newars, mostly found in the Kathmandu valley. Women's subordinate position is enshrined in property and divorce laws; Hindu wonlel are more restricted than Sherpas and Buddhists. Polygamy is practicedin the hills.
