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Aama Bombo or Buddhi Maya Lama is a shaman in the Nepalese
Tamang The Tamang (; Devanagari: तामाङ; ''tāmāṅ'') are an Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group of Nepal. In Nepal Tamang/Moormi people constitute 5.6% of the Nepalese population at over 1.3 million in 2001, increasing to 1,539,830 as of the 2011 c ...
tradition. Aama Bombo means "Mother Shaman." She is also a member of the
International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers is an international alliance of indigenous female elders that focuses on issues such as the environment, internationalism, and human rights. The group met for the first time in October ...
(IC13G).


Biography

Bombo was born in Melong and later moved to
Kathmandu , pushpin_map = Nepal Bagmati Province#Nepal#Asia , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Bagmati Prov ...
after she was married at age sixteen. After suffering
convulsion A convulsion is a medical condition where the body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in uncontrolled shaking. Because epileptic seizures typically include convulsions, the term ''convulsion'' is sometimes used as a s ...
s at age 25, she believed that her dead father, who had taught her
shamanism Shamanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with what they believe to be a Spirit world (Spiritualism), spirit world through Altered state of consciousness, altered states of consciousness, such as tranc ...
as a child, was trying to leave her body. She began to practice as a
faith healer Faith healing is the practice of prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands) that are believed by some to elicit divine intervention in spiritual and physical healing, especially the Christian practice. Believers assert that the healing ...
afterwards. She is one of the first female shamans among the
Tamang people The Tamang (; Devanagari: तामाङ; ''tāmāṅ'') are an Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group of Nepal. In Nepal Tamang/Moormi people constitute 5.6% of the Nepalese population at over 1.3 million in 2001, increasing to 1,539,830 as of the 2011 c ...
. She sees around 60 people a day at the Boudhanath Temple. Her work involves removing "bad spirits" from people and she doesn't claim to cure
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. She also teaches students about spirituality and faith healing.


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Biography
in ''Grandmothers Counsel the World'' Living people Shamans People from Morang District Faith healers Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{Reli-bio-stub