- Title
- Stone representing Toma at Tuwachung-Jayajum hill
- Description
- This group of stones is worshipped by the Rai communities of the region as the stones representing mythological heroine Toma (also Toyama), the elder of two mythological sisters. According to mythology the two sisters Toma and Khema, and their younger brother Kakcilipu (as they are called among the Dumi Rai) lived on and around Tuwachung-Jayajum. The sisters invented the craft of weaving on the hill of Tuwachung-Jayajum, while Kakcilipu and his wife Nagelum invented agricultural techniques.
- Keywords
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work-sphere:craft>process:weaving
mythology:Creation Story>sub-story:Story of Toma Khema and Kakcilipu>mythological-figure:Kakcilipu
ritual-type:animist>deity:Sacred Stone
researcher:Alban von Stockhausen
group:Rai>sub-group:Dumi Rai
group:Rai
informant:Bagaser Rai
researcher:Chatur Bhakta Rai
mythology:Creation Story>sub-story:Story of Toma Khema and Kakcilipu>mythological-figure:Khema
group:Rai>sub-group:Chamling Rai
mythology:Creation Story>sub-story:Story of Toma Khema and Kakcilipu>mythological-figure:Toma
- 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
