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A Lepcha women in 1860s A group of Lepcha shingle cutters at Darjeeling in the 1870s A group of Lepchas in Darjeeling (circa 1880) Lepchas are said to have migrated from Cambodia and Tibet having a similar culture, dressup, traits and history. [9] They speak a Tibeto-Burman language which some classify as Himalayish.
The Lepcha reservation in Dzongu valley of north Sikkim [22] [23] is threatened by dam construction. [24] The Sikkim Bhutia Lepcha Apex Committee (SIBLAC), founded in 1999 is a tribal organisation that promotes the socio-politico-economic rights of the Bhutia and Lepcha people as detailed in Article 371F of the Indian Constitution. [25] [26]
Gaeboo Achyok (r. c. 1660 – 1676) [1] or Gyalpo Ajok (Tibetan: ཨ་ལྕོག, Wylie: rgyal po A lcog, THL: gyalpo achok) was a Lepcha chieftain of a principality based at Damsang, presently in the Kalimpong district of West Bengal, India.
The history of Sikkim begins with the indigenous Lepcha's contact with early Tibetan settlers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Historically, Sikkim was a sovereign Monarchical State in the eastern Himalayas . Later a protectorate of India followed by a merger with India and official recognition as a state of India.
Mun or Munism (also called Bongthingism) is the traditional polytheistic, animist, shamanistic and syncretic religion of the Lepcha people.It predates the 7th century Lepcha conversion to Lamaistic Buddhism, and since that time, the Lepcha have practiced it together with Buddhism.
Tendong Lho Rumfaat (Prayer of the Tendong Mountain) is a festival of the Lepcha people of north-east India. The festival occurs usually in the month of August. According to Lepcha belief, their ancestors went atop the Tendong Mountain to escape from 40 days and 40 nights of continuous rain. This festival commemorates that happening.
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 ...
The Lepcha people, the original inhabitants of Sikkim, called it Nye-mae-el, meaning "paradise". [18] In historical Indian literature, Sikkim is known as Indrakil, the garden of the war god Indra. [19]