Jankwa

Jankwa (or Janko) is a Newar ritual[1] in Nepal to commemorate the young, elderly and infants in the community.[2][3]

Types of Jankwa

There are two types of jankwa:[4]

  • Macha jankwa, celebrated once
  • Jyah Jankwa (Bhim Ratharohan) which can be celebrated up to five times.
gollark: But I *like* giant glass cuboids…
gollark: We already have tags which let you store information about stuff on them (NFC or RFID or something, I forgot what), just not position finding on them yet.
gollark: 2.5" ones do tend to be more expensive per TB.
gollark: SSDs are surprisingly robust. I've (anecdotally) had one working fine for standard desktop use for about four years and it seems to still be fine (SMART says it's still 95% okay or something).
gollark: (The glorious Intel 660p)

References
  1. "Newar - Religion and Expressive Culture". everyculture.com.
  2. http://www.lovelypokhara.com.np/contents/show/people_culture/4579.html Archived October 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Richard Karl Payne & Kenneth Kazuo Tanaka (2004). Approaching the land of bliss: religious praxis in the cult of Amitābha. books.google.com: University of Hawaii Press. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-8248-2578-2.
  4. "Newar Rituals". jwajalapa.com.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.