Chitrakar (Devanagari: ????????) belongs to the Newah community of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. Traditionally, they are painters and mask makers. In Nepal Bhasa, the mother tongue of the Newahs, this caste is called "Pun" (???). When the Newah culture became Sanskritized, the last name Chitrakar was adopted. "Chitr" in Sanskrit means image, and "akar" stands for shape. The literal translation of the word Chitrakar is image maker.
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