The largest festival of the Kirat community is celebrated with dancing and singing for 15 days from the full moon day in the month of Mangsir as per the lunar calendar. Folk music of Sakela can be ...
Leo Bidhan, one of the boys I was documenting for The Boys of the Blue City, invited me to attend the Sakela event at his school, United Gurkha Academy. After meeting with the principal and receiving ...
The Kirat community is all set to celebrate Ubhauli on May 5. ethnic group, indigenous to Easter Nepal and some parts of India, celebrate Sakela twice a year, known as Ubhauli and Udhauli. Purna ...
Santosh Thulung Rai is the chairman of an ethnic Nepali community organisation promoting festivals and other cultural practices based truly in nature. In a short conversation with SBS Nepali, he ...
Members of Kirat Community perform traditional Sakela dance during two-day festival at Jalpa in Khotang district, on Friday, February 01, 2019. Photo: RSS ...