Lohorung are a major subgroup of Rai people^[1] and ethnic native people of eastern Nepal.^[2][3] The Lohorung homeland is Sankhuwasabha district in the northern part of the Arun watershed, a tributary to the Koshi. At present they are found in eight other districts of Nepal: Ilam, Jhapa, Sunsari, Morang, Dhankuta, Terhathum, Lalitpur and Kathmandu. They also live in northeastern states of India: Darjeeling, Kalimpong & Kumai in West Bengal, Sikkim and Assam, and even Bhutan, Australia, United Kingdom and United States.

The Lohorung language belongs to the Kiranti group of Sino-Tibetan languages. Lohorung Yakhkhaba Yuyong is a non-profit organization advocating for the Lohorung community. It is based in Kathmandu, Nepal.

The main festivals of Lohorung are Nwagi and Ikksammang.

1. Sibau
2. Tingguwa
3. Khaisong
4. Chang-kha me
5. Seppa
6. Dingguwa
7. Yangkhurung
8. Lamsong
9. Dekhim
10. Biwa
11. Biksik
12. Lumben
13. ketra
14. yumpang
15. Mikchereng
16. Chaba
17. Hanglengba
18. yungbary(yungkhaba)

• Yaphudanda
• Khartuwa
• Pangma
• Heluwa
• Diding
• Dhupu
• Tallo Dhupu
• Malta
• Khandbari
• Ilam
• Dhankuta
• Letang
• Angla
• Dharan
• Itahari
• Kathmandu
• Yaphu
• Tumlingtar
• Num
• Hedangna
• Dharampur, Jhapa
• Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong & Kumai of India
• Samtse, Chukha of Bhutan

This essay is also found in the spoken version of '

• Other Worlds: Notions of Self and Emotion among the Lohorung Rai a non-fiction social sciences book by Charlotte Hardman about the Lohorung people
• Rai people Kirati Ethnolinguistic Group In Nepal & Indian State of Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kumai Region of West Bengal.

• Lohorung Yakhkhaba Society
• Online Lohorung language dictionary