- Title
- Participants of the Tuwachung-Jayajum festival with dancers and ritual specialist in the foreground
- Description
- The festival attracted an estimate of 4000 to 6000 people in total. The ritual specialist (with peacock featers on his turban) is Jaruman Rai, a Chamling Rai from the nearby village of Aiselukharka.
- Keywords
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researcher:Alban von Stockhausen
group:Rai>sub-group:Dumi Rai
informant:Jaruman 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
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:Festival ground
- Location: Tuwachung-Jayajum
- description author(s)
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- Marion Wettstein
- von Stockhausen, Alban
