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Lepcha man wearing a dumpra.. Dumpra (also dumprá; Lepcha for "male dress") is the traditional dress of Lepcha men.It consists of a multicolored, hand-woven cloth pinned at one shoulder and held in place by a waistband called a gyatomu, usually worn over a white shirt and trousers.
Photograph of a Lepcha c. 1900, wearing the traditional cone-shaped hat. The traditional clothing for Lepcha women is the ankle-length dumvun, also called dumdyám or gādā ("female dress"). It is one large piece of smooth cotton or silk, usually of a solid color.
Lepcha (Róng) manuscript. The indigenous Sikkimese show wide cultural variation. The Lepcha speak Lepcha and use Lepcha script and the script is descended from the Tibetan script. [18] Traditionally, Lepcha men wear gadas and tie a patang, a kind of weapon, on their waist and don a bamboo cap; women wear distinctive dresses and ornaments. [19]
The dress of the Lhop resembles the Lepcha, but they bear little similarity with the Bhutia in the North and the Toto in the west. The Doya trace their descent matrilineally, marry their cross cousins, and embalm the deceased who are then placed in a foetal position in a circular sarcophagus above the ground.
The official languages of the state are Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha and English. Additional official languages include Gurung, Limbu, Magar, Sunuwar, Newar, Rai, Sherpa and Tamang for the purpose of preservation of culture and tradition in the state. Nepali is the lingua franca of Sikkim, while Sikkimese (Bhutia) and Lepcha are spoken in certain ...
Ethnographic map of Nepal (Gurung 1998) Nepal ethnic groups Magar girls in ethnic dress. Magars are the most populous Janajati group in Nepal. Ethnic groups in Nepal are delineated using language, ethnic identity or the caste system in Nepal. They are categorized by common culture and endogamy. Endogamy carves out ethnic groups in Nepal.
The Limbu (Limbu: ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ) are a Sino-Tibetan ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Himalayan region of eastern Nepal (Limbuwan ᤕᤠᤀᤷᤓᤢᤅ ᤗᤠᤈᤣ), Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland, northern West Bengal (North Bengal), and western Bhutan.
The wearing of the dress by the dance is given a ritualistic position, as the dancer's dress, are elaborately laid along with flowers, rice etc. on a brass plate or a winnower. The dance begins with the worship of Madal , the dress, and other ornaments to be used by the dancer, followed by obeisance to all gods and goddesses like Saraswati, Ram ...