- Title
- Group photo of the ritual specialist's household and crew
- Description
- After his ritual task is finished, the ritual specialist (nagire nakcho or kubimi) in charge of the village's bhume/sakela deity, Prem Bahadur Rai (nickname Salghare, third from left sitting in font) takes off his ritual gear. The group of his family and his ritual assistants poses for an official photograph.
- Keywords
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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
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- Country: Nepal [geonames.org, tgn]
- Province/state: Khotang [geonames.org]
- Municipality: Kepilasagadhi
- City: Sapteswor [geonames.org]
- Location: Maldel
- Location_detail: House of Prem Bahadur (Salghare)
- description author(s)
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- Marion Wettstein
- von Stockhausen, Alban
