Performance of the jalim or bali puja

Title: Performance of the jalim or bali puja
Description: One part of the bhume or sakela agricultural ritual is the jalim or bali puja, the maize offering. Performed by a ritual specialist (nagire nakcho or kubimi), in this case Prem Bahadur Rai (Salghare), it mostly takes place on the verandas of the houses among the Dumi Rai. A temporary altar with the offerings of maize, ginger, and other items is set up, and dismantled again immediately after the performance is completed.
Keywords: ritual-type:agrarian-cycle>festival:ubhauli ritual-type:animist>ritual:bhume>deity:Sakela researcher:Alban von Stockhausen ritual-type:agrarian-cycle>ritual:bhume>event-step:worship group:Rai>sub-group:Dumi Rai researcher:Chatur Bhakta Rai ritual-type:ancestral>ritual:sakela dance researcher:Marion Wettstein ritual-type:ancestral
Location: Country: Nepal [geonames.org, tgn]

Province/state: Khotang [geonames.org]

Municipality: Kepilasagadhi

City: Sapteswor [geonames.org]

Location: Maldel

Location_detail: House of Patar Mani Rai
GPS Coordinates: 27.3187, 86.7844
description author(s): Marion Wettstein

von Stockhausen, Alban

hav media handle: 10212
original media identifier: NP11_Ph5D2_01585
license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
original media type: digital/photo
creator(s): von Stockhausen, Alban (photographer)
creation date: May 18, 2011
archived by: jusch
archiving date: May 12, 2021, 6:04 a.m.

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