- Title
- Performance of the jalim or bali puja
- Description
- One part of the bhume or sakela agricultural ritual is the jalim or bali puja, the maize offering. Performed by a ritual specialist (nagire nakcho or kubimi), in this case Prem Bahadur Rai (Salghare), it mostly takes place on the verandas of the houses among the Dumi Rai. A temporary altar with the offerings of maize, ginger, and other items is set up, and dismantled again immediately after the performance is completed.
- Keywords
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ritual-type:agrarian-cycle>festival:ubhauli
researcher:Chatur Bhakta Rai
group:Rai>sub-group:Dumi Rai
researcher:Marion Wettstein
ritual-type:agrarian-cycle>ritual:bhume>event-step:worship
researcher:Alban von Stockhausen
ritual-type:ancestral>ritual:sakela dance
ritual-type:animist>ritual:bhume>deity:Sakela
ritual-type:ancestral
- description author(s)
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- Marion Wettstein
- von Stockhausen, Alban
