Drummer during sakela dance at the Tuwachung-Jayajum festival
- von Stockhausen, Alban
Content Description
- Title
- Drummer during sakela dance at the Tuwachung-Jayajum festival
- Description
- Sakela or sakela sili is the traditional dance of the bhume ritual among the Rai. It consists of a basic step and sequences of dance gestures (sili) and is accompanied by dhol drums, chyamta cymbals and singing.
- 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 group:Rai>sub-group:Chamling Rai mythology:Creation Story>sub-story:Story of Toma Khema and Kakcilipu>mythological-figure:Toma researcher:Alban von Stockhausen ritual-type:ancestral>ritual:sakela dance 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:Toma worshipping place>deity:Toma
- Location: Tuwachung-Jayajum
- description author(s)
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- Marion Wettstein
- von Stockhausen, Alban
Media Description
- hav media handle
- 10379
- original media identifier
- NP11_Ph5D2_04906
- original media type
- digital/photo
- creator(s)
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- 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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