ABSTRACT
To some extent, man’s relationship with nature is builtirrespective of it, and independent of the reality of actualpractices. Within the context of present-day Nepal, this relationship between man and nature seems closely linked to the complex play of human relations in their construction of group identity. In particular, the Indigenous Peoples’ symbolic relationship to nature, as expressed in their own printed writings, is obviously more closely linked to changes in their self-representation with regard to Hindu upper castes than to other types of changes in terms of economy or environment (disappearance of species, legislation on natural resources, etc.).
