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A cable car project to Nepal’s Pathibhara temple threatens the livelihood of porters and is seen by the indigenous Limbu ...
Among these supporters are some locals, though the majority of the area’s Limbu people have denounced the project as an “amusement park” that disrespects their sacred landscape.
Apart from the platform, the park also features a handful of traditional houses of the Limbu people, as well as a couple of modern versions.
For the local Indigenous Limbu people (one of the Kirat groups), Mukkumlung has been a power centre for millennia.
A controversial cable car project has been proposed in Mukkumlung, far-eastern Nepal, a site revered by the Indigenous Yakthung (Limbu) community.
Around 300,000 Hindu devotees trek for hours to Taplejung's mountaintop Pathibhara temple every year, a site also deeply sacred to the local Limbu people's separate beliefs.
For the local Indigenous Limbu people (one of the Kirat groups), Mukkumlung has been a power centre for millennia. They vow to protect it from the cable car development, but face an uphill struggle; ...
The folklore is adapted to represent the indigenous Limbu people, and their marriage practices inside the community. This short film talks about the existing ritual that took away the youth ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. KATHMANDU — The environmental impact assessment for a controversial cable car project in an area of Nepal held sacred by Indigenous ...