- Title
- Toma's weaving stone at Tuwachung-Jayajum hill. Inside the opening, the wool was placed according to local mythology
- Description
- This group of stones is worshipped by the Rai communities of the region as the stones on which mythological heroine Toma (also Toyama), the elder of two mythological sisters, used to weave.
According to mythology the two sisters Toma and Khema, and their younger brother Kakcilipu (as they are called among the Dumi Rai) lived on and around Tuwachung-Jayajum. The sisters invented the craft of weaving on the hill of Tuwachung-Jayajum, while Kakcilipu and his wife Nagelum invented agricultural techniques.
According to Chatur Bhakta the place once looked quite different. Parts of the stone might have been removed when stones for the building of a chautaro (commemorative platform) were needed.
- Keywords
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mythology:Creation Story>sub-story:Story of Toma Khema and Kakcilipu>mythological-figure:Kakcilipu
ritual-type:animist>deity:Sacred Stone
informant:Bagaser Rai
researcher:Chatur Bhakta Rai
group:Rai>sub-group:Dumi Rai
work-sphere:craft>process:weaving
group:Rai
mythology:Creation Story>sub-story:Story of Toma Khema and Kakcilipu>mythological-figure:Khema
group:Rai>sub-group:Chamling Rai
ritual-type:life cycle>ritual:death>event:chautaro
mythology:Creation Story>sub-story:Story of Toma Khema and Kakcilipu>mythological-figure:Toma
researcher:Alban von Stockhausen
- 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
