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  2. Kagyed - Wikipedia

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    Kagyed or Kagyad is a Buddhist festival held in parts of northern India, particularly Sikkim. The Kagyed dance is performed on the 28th and 29th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan Calendar which usually falls in early December. Annually the festival is performed by the Pemayangtse monks at the shrine hall of Tsuklakhang Palace six days before ...

  3. Sikkimese people - Wikipedia

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    Sikkimese are Indians who inhabit the North-east state of Sikkim. The dominance ethnic diversity of Sikkim is represented by 'Lho-Mon-Tsong-Tsum' that identifies origin of three races since seventeenth century. The term 'Lho' refers to Bhutias (Lhopo) means south who migrated from Southern Tibet, the term 'Mon' refers to Lepchas (Rong) lived in ...

  4. Ralang Monastery - Wikipedia

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    27°19′42″N 88°20′05″E  /  27.32833°N 88.33472°E  / 27.32833; 88.33472. New Ralang Monastery or Ralong Palchen Choling is a Buddhist monastery of the Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism in southern Sikkim, northeastern India. It is located six kilometres from Ravangla. [1][2][3] Ralang Monastery has an extensive collection of ...

  5. Singhi Chham - Wikipedia

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    Singhi Chham. Singhi Chham or Kanchendzonga Dance is a lion dance form in Sikkim whereby the dancers perform in a lion costume that represents the snow lion. It is a dance of the Bhutia people, and was said to have been introduced by Chador Namgyal, the third Chogyal of Sikkim, in the 18th century. [1] It is usually performed during the ...

  6. Music of Sikkim - Wikipedia

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    Music of Sikkim ranges from traditional Nepali folk music to Westernized pop music. The ethnic communities, Lepcha, Limbu, Bhutia, Kiratis and Nepalis constitute the music which is an ingrained part of Sikkimese culture. The main traditional style is the Indian folk music known as Tamang Selo, This music of the Tamang community is performed to ...

  7. Sakela - Wikipedia

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    Sakela (Nepali: साकेला) is one of the main festival of Khambu Rai people, an ethnic group indigenous to Eastern Nepal and Sikkim, Kalimpong, and Darjeeling regions of India. Sakela is celebrated twice a year and is distinguished by two names Ubhauli and Udhauli. Sakela Ubhauli is celebrated during Baisakh Purnima (full moon day in ...

  8. Indigenous peoples of Sikkim - Wikipedia

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    The indigenous people of Sikkim are the Lepchas and Limbus ; [1][2] the naturalized ethnic populations of Bhutias, Kiratis, & Indian Gorkha of Nepalese descendants who have an enduring presence in shaping the history of modern Sikkim. [3] The indigeneity criteria for including all peoples of Sikkim and Darjeeling hills is a misnomer as it is ...

  9. Sikkim Costumes and Traditional Dress - Wikipedia

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    The Kho (Tibetan: ཁོ, THL: kho) is the traditional dress worn by the Bhutia, an ethnic group native to the Indian state of Sikkim. It is a loose, cloak like garment that is fastened at the neck on one side and near the waist with a silk or cotton belt similar to the Tibetan chuba and the Mongolian Deel. Women wear a full-sleeve blouse ...