- Title
- Participants of a dance group at Tuwachung-Jayajum festival
- Description
- The men who are preparing for their dance are wearing traditional cotton shirts, vests, and topi (Nepalese men's hat) made of dhaka cloth. They are part of the dancing group of Arkhaule village located near the festival site.
- Keywords
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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
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- 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)
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- Marion Wettstein
- von Stockhausen, Alban
