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Kinema Club
''Kinema'' () is a fermented soybean food, prepared by the Nepalis, Nepali communities of the Eastern Himalayas region: Province No. 1, Eastern Nepal, and Darjeeling district, Darjeeling, Kalimpong district, Kalimpong and Sikkim regions of India. Kinema is a traditional food of the Limbu people, as well as people of other Kirati people, Kirati communities. Etymology and history The word ''kinema'' is believed to be derived from the tribal Limbu language, Limbu word ''kinambaa'', where ''ki'' means fermented and nambaa means flavour. It is a traditional food of the Limbu people as well as people of other Kirati people, Kirati communities. It is also called ''chembihik'' and ''hokuma'' in Bantawa language. According to Indian microbiologist Jyoti Prakash Tamang, kinema is estimated to have originated around 600 BC to 100 AD during Kirat dynasty rule, introduced by Limbu people. Consumption The slimy, odorous product of Fermentation in food processing, fermentation is tradit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limbuwan
Limbuwan is an area of the Himalayan region historically made up of 10 Limbu people, Limbu kingdoms, now part of eastern Nepal. Limbuwan means "abode of the Limbus" or "Land of the Limbus". In modern times, a political movement in Nepal has developed which claims to territorial authority for a Limbuwan federal state in Nepal’s eastern borderland. On Jan 20, 2010, State Reconstruction Committee of Constituent Assembly passed a federal structure of 14 states supported by UCPNM and Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist), UML. 14 proposed states in including Limbuwan State. Limbuwan autonomous ethnic province in Nepal comprising those districts and named : Taplejung, Panchthar, Ilam District, Ilam, Terhathum, and few regions of Sankhuwasabha District, Sankhuwasabha and Dhankuta District, Dhankuta districts. Limbuwan is the land east of the Arun River (Nepal), Arun; Sabha River, Sabha Khola and Koshi River, Koshi Rivers and west of Kanchenjunga Mountain and the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
