Indigenous Shamanism and Worldview: Reconsidering Khambu Mundhum beyond Classical Shamanism Paradigms
Voice of History August 25, 2026 Ram Kumar Rai
Shamanism generally refers to indigenous ritual systems involving relationships between humans and spiritual or non-human realms, often associated with healing, spirit mediation, trance, and altered states of consciousness. In the Khambu worldview of eastern Nepal, Dowang refers to an indigenous ritual institution associated with ancestral calling, sacred knowledge, and the transmission of...