Sakela
sakela nepali साकेला one main festival khambu rai people ethnic group indigenous eastern nepal sikkim kalimpong darjeeling region india sakela celebrated twice year distinguished two name ubhauli udhauli sakela ubhauli celebrated baisakh purnima full moon day month baisakh sakela udhauli celebrated full moon day month mangsir kirats believe shamanism worshipper nature sakela celebration prayer mother nature healthy crop protection natural calamity festival started baisakh purnima sakela ubhauli celebrated fifteen day baisakh aprilmay marking beginning farming year similarly celebration sakela udhauli mangsir novemberdecember harvest season giving thanks mother nature providing good harvest festival rai people honour bhumi dev earth goddess main characteristic festival ritual dance call sakela dance performed large group kirats wearing traditional attire people age dance together large circle male female leader circle known silimangpa silimangma respectively choreograph dance move known sili others follow term sili reflects different aspect human life relationship nature among kirats sunuwar rai celebrate festival whereas yakkhas limbus youchyang chasok tangnam despite important local variation indigenists view dance specific well common kirat different nomenclature sakela different khambu language chamling subtribe call sakela bantawas call sakewa sakenwa thulungs call toshi among various rai language sakela also called sakewa sakenwa bantawa dungmali mewahang language tosh kulung nachhiring toshi thulung segro bahing iksamang balipuja lohorung yamphu fagulak puma kirat mundhum kirat region united kirat rai organization america