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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 Panglapsool festival ...
v. t. e. 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 ...
The Nepali language song Jahan Bagcha Teesta Rangeet was released 4 April 1970 to mark the birthday of the then Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal. The song became very popular and was sometimes erroneously cited as the Sikkimese national anthem. [2] Following a referendum in 1975, Sikkim became a state of India and the monarchy was abolished.
Maruni is a Nepalese folk dance of the Magar community. [1] It is popular in Nepalese diasporic communities of India (Darjeeling, Assam, Sikkim) Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar.It is one of the oldest and most famous dance of the Nepalese community residing in these regions, originally danced as part of Dashain and Tihar festival.
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 ...
Yak dance or Yak Chham or Tibetan Yak Dance is an Asian folk dance [1] performed in the Indian states Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, union territory Ladakh and in the southern fringes of the Himalayas near Assam. [2][3] The dancer impersonating yak dances with a man mounted on his back. The masked dancer represents the family members (Theopa Gali ...
Dance in India include classical (above), semiclassical, folk and tribal. Dance in India comprises numerous styles of dances, generally classified as classical or folk. [1] As with other aspects of Indian culture, different forms of dances originated in different parts of India, developed according to the local traditions and also imbibed elements from other parts of the country.
Jirel. Dhimal Other Sino-Tibetan people. The Rai (Rai: ᤖᤠᤀᤡ, Rāi; Devanagari: राई) also known as Khambu and Jimee are ethnolinguistic group belonging to the Kirat family and primarily Tibeto-Burman linguistic ethnicity. [9] They mainly reside in the eastern parts of Nepal, the Indian states of Sikkim, West Bengal (predominantly ...