Double-sided dhol drum used during Tuwachung-Jayajum festival

  • von Stockhausen, Alban
(June 6, 2011)
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Content Description

Title
Double-sided dhol drum used during Tuwachung-Jayajum festival
Description
Sakela dance groups often bring along musical instruments (dhol drums and chyamta cymbals) and other paraphernalia (swords, shields, yak tail fronds, rattles, weaving combs, sickles) for their dance performance.
Keywords
ritual-type:animist>deity:Sacred Stone researcher:Chatur Bhakta Rai group:Rai>sub-group:Dumi Rai researcher:Marion Wettstein ritual-type:ancestral>event:offering for the ancestors group:Rai mythology:Creation Story>sub-story:Story of Toma Khema and Kakcilipu>mythological-figure:Khema group:Rai>sub-group:Chamling Rai researcher:Alban von Stockhausen mythology:Creation Story>sub-story:Story of Toma Khema and Kakcilipu ritual-type:hinduist ritual-type:ancestral
Location
  • Country: Nepal [geonames.org, tgn]
  • Province/state: Khotang [geonames.org]
  • Municipality: Halesi Tuwachung
  • City: Salle [geonames.org]
  • Area: Tuwachung-Jayajum
  • Area: Tuwachung-Jayajum>place:Khema worshipping place>deity:Khema
  • Location: Tuwachung-Jayajum
description author(s)
  • Marion Wettstein
  • von Stockhausen, Alban

Media Description

hav media handle
10328
original media identifier
NP11_Ph5D2_04844
original media type
digital/photo
creator(s)
  • von Stockhausen, Alban (photographer)
creation date
June 6, 2011
archived by
jusch
archiving date
May 12, 2021, 6:05 a.m.

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NP11_Ph5D2_04844.dng (23.9 MB)
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