- Title
- Portrait of the official silimama of Tuwachung-Jayajum festival
- Description
- Just as in the traditional village bhume pujas (rituals for the local bhume or sakela goddess) Tuwachung-Jayajum festival appoints an official dance leader. Called by different designations, this can be a skilled man or woman who leads, or at least opens, the sakela sili dances. Here called the silimama, the position was held by 85 years old Denkanne Rai from the Chamling Rai village of Arkhaule, also known by her nickname Mungjima.
- Keywords
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work-sphere:craft>process:weaving
ritual-type:ancestral>event:offering for the ancestors
researcher:Alban von Stockhausen
group:Rai>sub-group:Dumi Rai
group:Rai
ritual-type:hinduist
researcher:Chatur Bhakta Rai
ritual-type:ancestral>ritual:sakela dance
researcher:Marion Wettstein
group:Rai>sub-group:Chamling Rai
mythology:Creation Story>sub-story:Story of Toma Khema and Kakcilipu>mythological-figure:Toma
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:Toma worshipping place>deity:Toma
- Location: Tuwachung-Jayajum
- description author(s)
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- Marion Wettstein
- von Stockhausen, Alban
