Dancers from Rudalung and Aiselukharka village celebrating the newly installed bhume or sakela goddess at the Tuwachung-Jayajum festival site by dancing sakela sili

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

Title
Dancers from Rudalung and Aiselukharka village celebrating the newly installed bhume or sakela goddess at the Tuwachung-Jayajum festival site by dancing sakela sili
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
researcher:Chatur Bhakta Rai group:Rai>sub-group:Dumi Rai researcher:Marion Wettstein group:Rai group:Rai>sub-group:Chamling Rai researcher:Alban von Stockhausen mythology:Creation Story>sub-story:Story of Toma Khema and Kakcilipu informant:Jaruman Rai ritual-type:hinduist ritual-type:ancestral ritual-type:agrarian-cycle>ritual:bhume>event-step:discovering a new bhume deity
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:Bhume deity worshipping place>deity:Bhume
  • Location: Tuwachung-Jayajum
description author(s)
  • Marion Wettstein
  • von Stockhausen, Alban

Media Description

hav media handle
10498
original media identifier
NP11_Ph5D2_05014
original media type
digital/photo
creator(s)
  • von Stockhausen, Alban (photographer)
creation date
June 6, 2011
archived by
jusch
archiving date
May 12, 2021, 6:06 a.m.

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