- Title
- Participants of a dance group at Tuwachung-Jayajum festival
- Description
- The men who are preparing for their dance are wearing traditional cotton shirts, vests, and topi (Nepalese men's hat) made of dhaka cloth. They are part of the dancing group of Arkhaule village located near the festival site.
- Keywords
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ritual-type:ancestral>event:offering for the ancestors
ritual-type:animist>deity:Sacred Stone
researcher:Alban von Stockhausen
group:Rai>sub-group:Dumi Rai
group:Rai
ritual-type:hinduist
researcher:Chatur Bhakta Rai
mythology:Creation Story>sub-story:Story of Toma Khema and Kakcilipu>mythological-figure:Khema
researcher:Marion Wettstein
group:Rai>sub-group:Chamling Rai
mythology:Creation Story>sub-story:Story of Toma Khema and Kakcilipu
ritual-type:ancestral
- 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:Khema worshipping place>deity:Khema
- Location: Tuwachung-Jayajum
- description author(s)
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- Marion Wettstein
- von Stockhausen, Alban
