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Title:The worship of the Goddess Chintang debi
pani_debi
Documentation of Chintang and Puma, two Kiranti languages of Eastern Nepal
Contributor:Dambar
Ichchha Purna
Contributor (speaker):Ban Bir
Bhakta Bir
Coverage:Nepal
Date:2006-04-08
Description:It is a part of worship of the Panimagne ritual. It is performed once a year. Like other worships, It is a worship in the goddess altar called Jalpa Debi. The Jalpa debi is worshipped daily except Sunday, dark moon of each month. It is one of the holy goddesses among Chintang as well as eastern part of Nepal. On the occasion of the Panimagne, Bhadaure Purne, Baisakhe Purne, it is greatly worshipped than usual daily worship.
It is the worship of the goddess calle Jalpa debi. It is also called Thigum Hangma in their local language. It is located in Chintang so it is also called Chintang Debi. It is worshipped grately on the occasion of the Pani Magne even if it is worshipped daily.
This is a chant in the ritual language used by Chintang ritual experts. It is different from ordinary language so a few knowledgeable elders can speak and partly understand. Its basic character is binomial.
He is member of the Tuprihang clan. Like his elder brother BhB he is a Chambak, i.e. a tribal shaman, who goes into trance during certain occasion.
He is member of the Tuprihang clan. Like his younger brother BBR he is a Chambak, i.e. a tribal shaman, who goes into trance during certain occasion.
He is only one priest in Jalpa debi, a holy goddess among east Nepal. It is shifted to generation to generation. It is believed that it is running in 17th generation.
Ichchha Purna is the RA for the study of ethnography of Chintang
Format:audio/x-wav
video/x-mpeg1
video/x-mpeg2
text/x-toolbox-text
DV
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-000A-2C86-6
CPDP
Publisher:Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel
University of Leipzig
Subject:Ritual texts; Religious texts
Invocation
Unspecified
Nepali (macrolanguage)
Nepali
Chhintange language
Chintang
Subject (ISO639):nep
ctn
Type:audio
video

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Citation: Ban Bir (speaker); Bhakta Bir (speaker); Dambar; Ichchha Purna. 2006-04-08. Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel.
Terms: area_Asia country_NP iso639_ctn iso639_nep

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Country: Nepal
Area: Asia


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