Nakchhong

E820712

Nakchhong is a traditional ritual specialist and religious officiant within the Kirat Mundhum indigenous belief system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nakchhong canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf religious_officiant ⓘ
religious_role ⓘ
ritual_specialist ⓘ
aimOfRituals ensure_wellbeing_of_community ⓘ
maintain_harmony_with_spirits ⓘ
associatedWithConcept animism ⓘ
indigenous_religion ⓘ
shamanic_practices ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Kirat_communities ⓘ
Limbu_people ⓘ
linked to: Limbu people

Rai_people ⓘ
linked to: Rai peoples
culturalRegion Himalayan_region ⓘ
linked to: Himalayan region
function custodian_of_ritual_knowledge ⓘ
guardian_of_traditional_law ⓘ
mediator_between_humans_and_spirits ⓘ
heritageStatus intangible_cultural_heritage ⓘ
knowledgeType Mundhum_myths ⓘ
ritual_chants ⓘ
sacred_narratives ⓘ
languageContext Kirat_languages ⓘ
performs agricultural_rituals ⓘ
ancestor_worship_rituals ⓘ
birth_rituals ⓘ
death_rituals ⓘ
healing_rituals ⓘ
life_cycle_rituals ⓘ
marriage_rituals ⓘ
protective_rituals ⓘ
practicedBy Kirat_people ⓘ
linked to: Kirat people
practicedIn Darjeeling_region ⓘ
Eastern_Nepal ⓘ
linked to: eastern Nepal

Sikkim ⓘ
religiousFunction conducts_sacrifices ⓘ
interprets_omens ⓘ
offers_prayers ⓘ
performs_exorcisms ⓘ
religiousTextUsed Mundhum_oral_scripture ⓘ
religiousTradition Kirat_Mundhum ⓘ
linked to: Kirat Mundhum

Kirat_religion ⓘ
linked to: Kirat religion
roleInCommunity religious_leader ⓘ
ritual_officiant ⓘ
selectionMethod community_recognition ⓘ
traditional_calling ⓘ
status respected_figure_in_community ⓘ
transmissionMode oral_tradition ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.