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One of the two khema stones at the place of worship for Khema

  • von Stockhausen, Alban
(June 6, 2011)
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Content Description

Title
One of the two khema stones at the place of worship for Khema
Description
According to the myth of the two sisters Toma and Khema, and their younger brother Kakcilipu (as they are called among the Dumi Rai), the sisters invented the craft of weaving on the hill of Tuwachung-Jayajum. The offerings consist, amongst other things, of flowers, burning incense, rice, and colored powder.
Keywords
work-sphere:craft>process:weaving 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 researcher:Marion Wettstein group:Rai>sub-group:Chamling Rai mythology:Creation Story>sub-story:Story of Toma Khema and Kakcilipu ritual-type:ancestral
Location
  • 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 weaving place>deity:Khema
  • Location: Tuwachung-Jayajum
description author(s)
  • Marion Wettstein
  • von Stockhausen, Alban

Media Description

hav media handle
10339
original media identifier
NP11_Ph5D2_04856
original media type
digital/photo
creator(s)
  • von Stockhausen, Alban (photographer)
creation date
June 6, 2011
archived by
jusch
archiving date
May 12, 2021, 6:05 a.m.

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NP11_Ph5D2_04856.dng (24.3 MB)
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