Tag: Limbu

Blockbuster Nepali Film JAARI Is Now Online!

Blockbuster cinema JAARI starring Dayahang Rai and Miruna Magar is now available to stream online!

Visit To The Sacred Mukkumlung – Pathibhara in Taplejung

Mukkumlung Pathibhara is a sacred site for the Limbu people. Today, thousands of devotees go to worship Pathibhara Devi mata at the site in Taplejung.

‘From Taplejung to Oxford’ Book Launch for Dr Chandra Laksamba

Academics, Gurkha community stakeholders, friends and family members gathered in the UK on the 11th of February to mark the launch of From Taplejung to Oxford, a book on the multidimensional life...

My Thoughts Whilst Watching JAARI Film

Ruminating thoughts as I watched the film JAARI.

Indonesian Designer Takes Inspiration From Nepal

MAYARATIH COUTURE, a designer from Indonesia has taken inspiration from Nepal to create this stunning look. Modelled by Rovika Sanap, the Mayaratih look has been named "The Goddess of the purity". The...

Kirat Yakthung Chumlung UK’s Annual Shisekpa Tangnam Gathering

DATE: Saturday, July 15 2017 VENUE: Feltham Community College PHOTOS  AND TEXT BY YUMAASHIS SETLING Limbu. A tribe that hails from the eastern foothills of the Himalayas. Together with the Rai people we form an...

Talking Tracing Nepal At The Limbuwan Study Center

During the last few days of my stay in Nepal in September I was invited to a talk program at the Limbuwan Study Center. Though I was slightly hesitant about the talk...

LIMBUS IN THE UK By Dr Chandra Laksamba

Guest article by Dr Chanda Laksamba, senior researcher at CNS UK (PhD 2005, University of Surrey, he was with the University of Oxford from 2009 to 2012 as a researcher) LIMBUS IN THE...
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