Participants placing offerings for the sakela puja at Hattiban temple

  • von Stockhausen, Alban
(Dec. 10, 2011)
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Content Description

Title
Participants placing offerings for the sakela puja at Hattiban temple
Description
The offerings placed at the Hattiban temple mainly consist of fruits, rice, incense, money, and flowers. While in the villages the offering of animals such as cocks and pigs are widespread among the Rai, the urban Rai decided to largely abstain from animal offerings at Hattiban temple.
Keywords
organizer:Kirat Rai Yayokkha researcher:Chatur Bhakta Rai researcher:Marion Wettstein ritual-type:kirat group:Sunuwar ritual-type:agrarian-cycle>ritual:bhume>event-step:worship group:Rai researcher:Alban von Stockhausen ritual-type:ancestral>ritual:sakela dance group:Yakkha ritual-type:agrarian-cycle>festival:udhauli ritual-type:ancestral group:Limbu
Location
description author(s)
  • Marion Wettstein
  • von Stockhausen, Alban

Media Description

hav media handle
10539
original media identifier
NP11_Ph5D2_08701
original media type
digital/photo
creator(s)
  • von Stockhausen, Alban (photographer)
creation date
Dec. 10, 2011
archived by
jusch
archiving date
May 12, 2021, 6:07 a.m.

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NP11_Ph5D2_08701.dng (22.8 MB)
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