- Title
- Portrait of an elder female participant at Tuwachung-Jayajum festival
- Description
- This elder female participant at Tuwachung-Jayajum festival wears gold jewellery as they are traditional among the Rai, especially the central nose ring with pendant. She has chosen the color of her bangels to match her headscarf.
- Keywords
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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
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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)
-
- Marion Wettstein
- von Stockhausen, Alban
