One of the two khema stones at the place of worship for Khema

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

Title
One of the two khema stones at the place of worship for Khema
Description
According to the myth of the two sisters Toma and Khema, and their younger brother Kakcilipu (as they are called among the Dumi Rai), the sisters invented the craft of weaving on the hill of Tuwachung-Jayajum. The offerings consist, amongst other things, of flowers, burning incense, rice, and colored powder.
Keywords
ritual-type:animist>deity:Sacred Stone researcher:Chatur Bhakta Rai group:Rai>sub-group:Dumi Rai researcher:Marion Wettstein work-sphere:craft>process:weaving ritual-type:ancestral>event:offering for the ancestors group:Rai 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>place:Khema weaving place>deity:Khema
  • Area: Tuwachung-Jayajum
  • Location: Tuwachung-Jayajum
description author(s)
  • Marion Wettstein
  • von Stockhausen, Alban

Media Description

hav media handle
10338
original media identifier
NP11_Ph5D2_04855
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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