Folklore: A Tale of the Jungle Shaman (II)
Collection: Kishor Subba Limbu
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| The statue of the Jungle Shaman and his wife in Sikkim, India Photo Source: Social Media |
Once upon a time, a dwarf Jungle Shaman travelled through the Koldanda to Satidanda (one hill to another hill) while playing his small copper-banded drum.The drum used to sound like "tang.. tang.. tang.." when the Satidanda was called Tilinge Danda.Later, women used to go sati (the Sati system was a unique ritual in the Hindu lifeworld in which live women had to burn themselves by religious motivation or villagers had to force her into her husband's pyre; now it has not been practised since the last century).The next hill, then Satidanda, was called Gadhidanda (the fort hill).
The dwarf Jungle Shaman used to travel downhill, playing his small copper-banded drum, through the Satidata to Gadidanda, and then cross the hill.
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| A Random Pic. of a Shaman Photo Source: Social Media |
then travel to the three-story rock cliff on the Sibhuwa side across the Khekuwa River. The dwarf Jungle Shaman used to hypnotise people of his choice on special occasions and take them with him; his wife was a cannibal witch. Her name was Lamtenibudhi. She used to walk with her right breast on her left shoulder and her left breast on her right shoulder. The Jungle Shaman hid his disciple with his cannibal wife and taught him Shamanism.When the course is completed, he brings his disciple to the same place where he was taken, wakes him up, and releases him. After waking up, the man felt like he had woken up from a deep dream. And the man used to be a versatile shaman, and he does not have to worship anyone as his teacher at all. There were many shamans found in the village, taught by the jungle shaman in the past. They believe that they can still find the disciple of the jungle shaman somewhere in the village.
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(Source: Nara Bahadur Lama, Panchkhapan Municipality-6, Sankhuwasabha, Nepal)
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