Category Archives: Arts/Culture/History

Legends of the Lepchas: Tales from Sikkim

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Reviewed by: Parbina Rashid WHEN the creator becomes “Mother Creator” and social custom requires a perspective groom to present all sorts of gifts to a girl’s family to win her hand in marriage, you know you have reached the North-East. This time it is Sikkim, the eighth state of the …

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10 Questions for the Dalai Lama

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Time Magazine interviewed His Holiness in New York City in May of 2010 for its “10 Questions to His Holiness the Dalai Lama”. Question: Do you ever feel angry or outraged? —Kantesh Guttal, PUNE, INDIA His Holiness: Oh, yes, of course. I’m a human being. Generally speaking, if a human …

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Ordination in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama feels that it is important to know that nuns and monks ordained in the Tibetan tradition follow the vows set forth in the Mulasarvastivadin school of monastic codes. The gelong/gelongma (bhikshu/bhikshuni–the fully ordained monk/nun) level are recorded in the Mulasarvastivadin school’s Individual Liberation Sutras. Interspersed …

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Sakewa (Rai Community)

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Sakewa is one festival which is celebrate with great enthusiasm by all the Kirat Khambu Rai. It is also known as Bhoomi Puja or Chandi Puja or land worshipping ceremony by others. It is generally celebrated by all the Kirat Khambu Rai especially in villages. They are basically nature worshippers …

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Lossong (Bhutia Community)

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Lossong marks the end of the harvest season and also the end of the tenth month of the Tibetan year. As it falls in the eleventh month of the Tibetan calendar, it is not the real new year in the sense of the word. Also known as Sonam Lossong, it …

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Celebration of Sonam Lochar (Tamang Community)

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The celebration of Sonam Lochar can be traced back to the era before the spread of Buddhist religion in Tibet when Bonism prevailed. During that era in winter season the inhabitants of Tibet practiced the culture of pleasing the Gods by offering them their harvests and burning all forms of …

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How Sikkim was won! Tryst with India

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When India gained independence in 1947, the privileges that were enjoyed by the British Government in Sikkim passed over to the new independent regime of India. Sikkim, along with the other Princely states formed a great dilemma to the Indian leaders who had to bring in these states for the …

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How Sikkim was won! The British Experience

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By: Joydeep Hazarika On 14th April, 1975, Sikkim became the 22nd state of the Indian Union. Sikkim, regarded as one of the Seven Sister states of northeast India, has a stormy history when we look into its accession into the Indian Union. For centuries Sikkim had remained a Shangri-La for …

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Namchi Mahotsav

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The Namchi Mahotsav, a weeklong cultural programme celebrated in the month of October offers tourist a look into the cultural diversity of Sikkim. It is a celebration of dance and festivals, lifestyle and habits of various ethnic groups of Sikkim like Bhutia, Lepcha, Rai Limboo, Newar etc. The Mahotsav also …

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Singtam Basibiyalo felicitates renowned musician Deo Kumar Dumi

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Article and photo courtesy: http://sikhim.blogspot.com/ 28th monthly Basibiyalo meet was conducted at Singtam today that was attended by popular personalities from different fields of activities. The day long programme conducted under the guidance of Mohan Pradhan “Neeraj” is a big hit in and around Singtam and has become the most …

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