- Title
- Inaugurative meeting of the Toma, Khema and Kakcilipu society
- Description
- 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 near Chichinga village.
The society was founded for the preservation and development of Tuwachung-Jayajum hill ridge as a heritage site.
- Keywords
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researcher:Chatur Bhakta Rai
group:Rai>sub-group:Dumi Rai
group:Rai
group:Rai>sub-group:Chamling Rai
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:Eastern Gate to Tuwachung
- Location: Tuwachung-Jayajum
- description author(s)
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- Marion Wettstein
- von Stockhausen, Alban
