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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 ...
Maruni. A young woman from Sikkim performs Maruni dance. 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 ...
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 ...
The Chyabrung also Kay/Ke in Limbu language is a traditional drum of the Limbu community in Nepal, Sikkim, Darjeeling hills and Northeast India.The Chyabrung is a hollow, oblong, wooden drum about a two meters in diameter and two feet in length. The drum is strung around the neck with a cord at stomach height and played during auspicious ...
Sikkim Costumes and Traditional Dress. Daughters of chogyal Tashi Namgyal wearing kho (1938). 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...