NAME – VISHAL SISODIA

CLASS – 12 /B
TH

ROLL NO – 41
SUBJECT- ACCOUNTANCY
S.H.K.S.B.V LAJPAT NAGAR
ACCOUNTANCY
PROJECT WORK ON
SIKKIM
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
FIRST OF ALL I EXPRESS MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO MY ACCOUNTANCY
TEACHER MR. R.R. SINGH SIR WHO HELPED AND GUIDED ME TO
COMPLETE THIS PROJECT. THEN I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL MR. B.K. SHARMA SIR WHO ENCOURAGED US FOR
COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND MY
GRATITUDE TO MY CLASSMATES WHO TRIUMPHED AND CHEERED ME UP
TO DO THE PROJECT. I FEEL PROUD TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT WHICH
HELPED ME IN LEARNING A LOT OF NEW THINGS. I AM MAKING THIS
PROJECT NOT ONLY FOR MARKS BUT TO ALSO INCREASE MY
KNOWLEDGE.
-VISHAL SISODIA
XII TH-B
CERTIFICATE
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT VISHAL SISODIA OF CLASS 12TH-B OF
S.H.K.S.B.V LAJPAT NAGAR HAS COMPLETED HIS PROJECT
UNDER MY GUIDANCE. HE HAS TAKEN CARE AND SHOWN AT
MOST SICERETY IN COMPLETING THE PROJECT. I CERTIFY THAT
THIS PROJECT IS UP TO MY EXPECTATIONS AND GUIDELINES
ISSUED BY C.B.S.E.
SIGNATURE-
R.R. SINGH
 INTRODUCTION

LONG A SOVEREIGN POLITICAL ENTITY, SIKKIM BECAME

A PROTECTORATE OF INDIA IN 1950 AND AN INDIAN STATE IN
1975. ITS SMALL SIZE NOTWITHSTANDING, SIKKIM IS OF
GREAT POLITICAL AND STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE FOR INDIA
BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION ALONG SEVERAL
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES. AREA 2,740 SQUARE MILES
(7,096 SQUARE KM). POP. (2011) 607,688.
 CULTURE OF SIKKIM
SIKKIM IS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET THAT IS ADORNED WITH THE AMAZING
COLORS AND ESSENCE OF DIFFERENT FLOWERS, IN THE FORM OF ATTRACTIVE FOLK
DANCES, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS OF DIFFERENT TRIBES AND CASTES. THEIR
EXUBERANT RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS BRING ALONG WITH THEM THE CEREMONIAL MASK
DANCE PERFORMED BY THE MONKS WITH SUPERFLUOUS ENERGY AND ZEAL. THE
SWORDS AND SPARKLING JEWELLERY ADD TO THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE PERFORMANCE
WHILE THEY DANCE TO THE RESOUNDING DRUMS AND TRUMPETING OF HORNS. SAGA
DAWA IS ONE OF SUCH AUSPICIOUS FESTIVALS, CELEBRATED BY THE PEOPLE WHO
FOLLOW MAHAYANA FORM OF BUDDHISM.
ON WHICH, THEY GO TO MONASTERIES AND OFFER BUTTER LAMPS ALONG WITH
THE PRAYERS. LATER, THE COLORFUL PROCESSION ADORNED BY THE MONKS CHANTING
HOLY SCRIPTURES, GO AROUND THE TOWN OF SIKKIM. THE EARLIEST INHABITANT OF
THE STATE; THE LEPCHAS, WERE THE BELIEVERS OF BON FAITH AND MUNE FAITH BASED
ON SPIRITS, BEFORE THEY TURNED BUDDHIST OR CHRISTIANS.
THE MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, FORESTS ETC, THAT ARE THE SPIRIT
OF NATURE, GENERALLY CONSIDERED AS GOD BY THEM. THE
PHANG LABSOL IS ONE OF THE FESTIVALS CELEBRATED BY
THEM, WHEN THEY OFFER GRATITUDE TO THE MOUNT
KANCHENDZONGA WHICH IS CONSIDERED AS A POWERFUL
GUARD OF THE STATE. DESIAN FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATED IN THE
MONTH OF SEPT-OCT, WHICH SYMBOLIZES THE VICTORY OF
GOOD OVER EVIL, JUST LIKE THE HINDU FESTIVAL ‘DUSSEHRA’,
AND DIWALI IS CELEBRATED ON THE 10TH DAY AFTER DASIAN.
THEN THERE IS VERY SOLEMN KAGYAT DANCE PERFORMED
EVERY 28TH OR 29TH DAY OF THE TIBETAN CALENDAR. OTHER
THAN THESE THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER FESTIVALS
 PEOPLE OF
SIKKIM
SIKKIM IS A UNIQUE BLEND OF DIFFERENT RELIGION, CUSTOMS AND
TRADITIONS OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. IN THE ANCIENT TIMES, SIKKIM
WAS OCCUPIED BY THREE TRIBES; NAONG, CHANG AND THE MON. BUT WITH
THE COURSE OF TIME, THE INHABITANTS OF THE NEARBY COUNTRIES
BECAME A MAJOR INHABITANT OF THE STATE. THAT INCLUDES THE LEPCHAS;
THE CLAN OF NAGAS FROM TIBET, ARE ONE OF THE TRIBAL GROUPS, THE
BHUTIAS; THE DESCENDENTS OF BUDDHISTS FROM TIBET AND THE
NEPALESE; THE DESCENDENTS OF THE HINDUS FROM NEPAL, WHICH NOW
DOMINATES THE CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF THE SIKKIM’S POPULATION.
AND HENCE, NEPALI IS THE MOST COMMON AMONG ALL THE LANGUAGES IN
SIKKIM. THE TIBETAN BHUTIAS, SECURED THEIR DEEP ROOTED TIES TO THE
TRADITION AND BELIEF SINCE THE LAST THREE CENTURIES THEY HAD BEEN
MANY PEOPLE ARE MIGRANT TO SIKKIM, FROM OVERALL
INDIA (LIKELY MARWARIS, BIHARIS, BENGALIS, SOUTH
INDIANS, PUNJABIS, ETC) AND NEPAL. THEY ARE MAINLY
SETTLED ON THE MUNICIPAL AREAS OF SIKKIM, OWING
TO THEIR BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES. THE
DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES IN SIKKIM LIKE
CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, BRIDGES, BUILDINGS ETC,
HAVE INFORMALLY INVITED MIGRANT LABORERS FROM
THE PLAINS AND NEPAL. A FEW THOUSAND TIBETAN
REFUGEES ARE THERE WHO SETTLED WELL IN SIKKIM.
 SIKKIM
LANGUAGE
• THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF THE STATE
ARE ENGLISH, NEPALI, SIKKIMESE (BHUTIA) AND LEPCHA. ADDITIONAL
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES INCLUDE GURUNG, LIMBU, MAGAR, MUKHIA, NEWARI,
RAI, SHERPA AND TAMANG FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVATION OF CULTURE
AND TRADITION IN THE STATE.
• NEPALI IS THE LINGUA FRANCA OF SIKKIM, WHILE SIKKIMESE (BHUTIA) AND
LEPCHA ARE SPOKEN IN CERTAIN AREAS. ENGLISH IS ALSO SPOKEN AND
UNDERSTOOD IN MOST OF SIKKIM. OTHER LANGUAGES INCLUDE DZONGKHA,
GROMA, HINDI, MAJHI, MAJHWAR, THULUNG, TIBETAN, AND YAKHA.
• THE MAJOR LANGUAGES SPOKEN AS PER CENSUS 2001 ARE NEPALI (62.61%),
SIKKIMESE (BHUTIA) (7.73%), HINDI (6.67%), LEPCHA (6.61%), LIMBU (6.34%),
TRIBES OF SIKKIM
COMMUNITIES, CULTURES, RELIGIONS AND CUSTOMS OF
DIFFERENT HUES INTERMINGLE FREELY HERE IN SIKKIM TO
CONSTITUTE A HOMOGENEOUS BLEND. THE PREDOMINANT
COMMUNITIES ARE THE LEPCHAS, BHUTIAS AND NEPALESE. IN
URBAN AREAS, MANY PLAINSMEN HAVE ALSO SETTLED AND THEY
ARE ALMOST ENGAGED IN BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT
SERVICE. BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE
STATE, LIKE THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, BRIDGES AND
BUILDINGS A SMALL PART OF THE POPULATION CONSISTS OF
MIGRANT LABOURERS FROM THE PLAINS AND NEPAL.
 LEPCHAS
THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF SIKKIM ARE SAID TO BE LEPCHAS. THEY EXISTED MUCH BEFORE
THE BHUTIAS AND NEPALESE MIGRATED TO THE STATE. BEFORE ADOPTING BUDDHISM OR
CHRISTIANITY AS THEIR RELIGION, THE EARLIEST LEPCHA SETTLERS WERE BELIEVERS IN THE BONE
FAITH OR MUNE FAITH. THIS FAITH WAS BASICALLY BASED ON SPIRITS, GOOD AND BAD. THEY
WORSHIPPED SPIRITS OF MOUNTAINS, RIVERS AND FORESTS WHICH WAS BUT NATURAL FOR A
TRIBE THAT CO-EXISTED SO HARMONIOUSLY WITH THE RICH NATURAL SURROUNDINGS. THE
LEPCHA (ZONGU) FOLKLORE IS RICH WITH STORIES. THE LEPCHA POPULATION IS CONCENTRATED
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE SIKKIM. THIS IS THE AREA THAT ENCOMPASSES THE CONFLUENCE
OF LACHEN AND LACHUNG RIVERS AND DICKCHU.
LIFE IN A LEPCHA DWELLING IS VERY SIMPLE. THE
MALE LEPCHA WEARS A DRESS CALLED A “PAGI”
MADE OF COTTON, WHICH IS STRIPPED. THE FEMALE
LEPCHA WEAR A TWO PIECE DRESS. THE LEPCHAS
SPEAK THE LANGUAGE LEPCHA, ALTHOUGH THIS
LANGUAGE IS NOT VERY WELL DEVELOPED BUT IS
RICH IN VOCABULARY RELATED TO THE FLORA &
FAUNA OF SIKKIM. LEPCHAS ARE VERY GOOD AT
ARCHERY. THE POLYANDRY MARRIAGES ARE
 BHUTIA
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE OF TIBETAN ORIGIN. THEY
MIGRATED TO SIKKIM PERHAPS SOMEWHERE AFTER THE
FIFTEENTH CENTURY THROUGH THE STATE OF SIKKIM. IN
NORTHEN SIKKIM, WHERE THEY ARE THE MAJOR
INHABITANTS, THEY ARE KNOWN AS THE LACHENPAS AND
LACHUNGPAS. THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY THE BHUTIAS IS
SIKKIMESE. BHUTIA VILLAGES ARE AS LARGE AS THOSE
COMPARED TO THOSE OF LEPCHAS. A BHUTIA HOUSE
CALLED “KHIN” IS USUALLY OF RECTANGULAR SHAPE.
THE TRADITIONAL DRESS OF THE MALE
MEMBER IS KNOWN AS THE “BAKHU” WHICH
IS A LOOSE CLOAK TYPE GARMENT WITH FULL
SLEEVES. THE LADIES DRESS CONSISTS OF A
SILKEN “HONJU” WHICH IS A FULL SLEEVE
BLOUSE AND A LOOSE GOWN TYPE GARMENT.
THE LADIES ARE VERY FOND OF HEAVY
JEWELRY MADE OF PURE GOLD.
 NEPALESE
THE NEPALESE APPEARED ON THE SIKKIM SCENE MUCH AFTER
THE LEPCHAS & BHUTIAS. THEY MIGRATED IN LARGE NUMBERS
AND SOON BECAME THE DOMINANT COMMUNITY. THE
NEPALESE NOW CONSTITUTE MORE THAN 80% OF THE TOTAL
POPULATION. THE NEPALI SETTLERS INTRODUCED THE
TERRACED SYSTEM OF CULTIVATION. CARDAMOM WAS AN
IMPORTANT CASH CROP INTRODUCED BY THE NEPALIS’. EXCEPT
FOR THE SHERPAS & TAMANGS WHO ARE BUDDHISTS, THE
NEPALIS’ ARE ORTHODOX HINDUS WITH THE USUAL CAST
THE NEPALI LANGUAGE IS SPOKEN AND UNDERSTOOD ALL OVER
THE STATE. THIS LANGUAGE IS SIMILAR TO HINDI AND USES THE
DEVANGRI SCRIPT. THE TRADITIONAL MALE NEPALI DRESS
CONSISTS OF LONG DOUBLE BREAST GARMENT FLOWING BELOW
THE WAIST AND A TROUSER KNOWN AS “DAURA SURUWAL”. THE
FEMALE DRESS CONSIST OF A DOUBLE BREASTED GARMENT WITH
STRINGS TO TIE ON BOTH THE SIDES AT FOUR PLACES, WHICH IS
SHORTER THAN THE DAURA AND IS KNOWN AS “CHOW BANDI
CHOLI”. THEY ALSO WEAR A SHAWL KNOWN AS “MAJETRO”. THE
“KHUKRI” WHICH HAS BECOME A SYNONYM TO THE NEPALI
(GURKHA) CULTURE, IS A VERY SHARP EDGED, ANGLED, HEAVY
WEAPON CARRIED IN A WOODEN OR LEATHER SCABBARD KNOWN
 LEPCHA TRIBAL MARRIAGE OF SIKKIM
AS STATED ABOVE THE MARRIAGE CUSTOM IN LEPCHA TRIBE IS NOT JUST A UNION, IT IS SEEN THAT EVEN AFTER
THE DEATH OF THE HUSBAND OR THE WIFE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO CLANS IS NEVER BROKEN.
LEPCHA MARRIAGE FEATURES NUMBER OF RITUALS AND CUSTOMARY PRACTICES ALL ALONG THE DIFFERENT
STAGES OF WEDDING PROCESS. THE OLDEST FORM OF BRIDE PRICE IS STILL MAINTAINED BY THE LEPCHA SOCIETY.
LEPCHAS, LIKE ANY OTHER RACE HAD THEIR OWN MYTHOLOGIES AND LEGENDS REGARDING THE ORIGIN OF
MARRIAGE. THE PRIEST (PEEBOO/BEKBOO OR A BOONTHING/MUN) WHILE GIVING BLESSINGS TO THE NEWLYWED
COUPLE ALWAYS NARRATES THE STORY ABOUT HOW THE LEPCHA MARRIAGE ORIGINATED IN THE LEPCHA SOCIETY.
AFTER MUCH NEGOTIATIONS AND WHEN THE DATE FOR ASHAKE 4 IS FIXED THE GROOM’S PARTY IS EXPECTED TO
VISIT THE BRIDE’S FAMILY IN A SUBMISSIVE MANNER WITH THE NECESSARY CUSTOMARY GIFTS. IN THIS
NEGOTIATION IT IS ALWAYS THERE THAT THE BRIDE’S SIDE TRIES TO FIND FAULT AND LOOK FOR SOME LOOPHOLES
BUT THE GROOM’S SIDE INSTEAD OF TAKING THE CHALLENGE AND DESPITE THE PROVOCATIONS ARE ALWAYS
SUPPOSE TO KEEP CALM AND SIT QUIETLY ALL THE WHILE. THERE WILL BE LEVYING FINES FOR EACH FAULT
ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM. THESE ACTS ARE DONE MORE IN A JEST SINCE IT ADDS THE VALUE AND AMUSEMENT
IN THE OCCASION. THE CUSTOM OF BRIDE PRICE SYMBOLIZES BOTH THE VALUE OF THE BRIDE AS WELL AS IT IS A
KIND OF COMPENSATION TO THE PARENTS FOR GIVING THE GIRL’S HAND. THE LOGIC BEHIND THE BRIDE PRICE IS
USUALLY BELIEVED THAT THE PARENTS TAKE SO MUCH PAIN IN THE UPBRINGING OF A CHILD SO THE BRIDE PRICE
IS A FORM OF REWARD GIVEN DURING THE TIME OF MARRIAGE. IN A LEPCHA MARRIAGE CUSTOMS, BRIDE PRICE IS
ONE OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL CUSTOMS. THE GROOM HAS TO REPAY THE BRIDE’S PARENTS EVEN BY SELLING HIS
 CUSTOMS OF
SIKKIM
THE PEOPLE OF SIKKIM HAVE A RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE WITH A
HOMOGENOUS BLEND OF DIFFERENT RELIGION, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS O
DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE LIVING. APART FROM THE TRADITIONAL
SIKKIMESE LANGUAGE AND THE TRIBAL LANGUAGES THE PEOPLE OF SIKKIM
ALSO SPEAK OTHER LANGUAGES LIKE HINDI AND ENGLISH.
SIKKIM IS A UNIQUE BLEND OF DIFFERENT CUSTOMS, RELIGION AND
TRADITIONS OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. SINCE THE ANCIENT
TIMES, SIKKIM WAS OCCUPIED BY THREE TRIBES, NAMELY, THE LEPCHAS, THE
BHUTIAS AND THE NEPALESE. THEY CONTINUE TO FORM THE PEOPLE'S GROUP
 SOCIAL
SYSTEM OF
SIKKIM
 RELIGION OF
SIKKIM
VAJRAYANA BUDDHISM WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR 28.1 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION, IS
SIKKIM'S SECOND-LARGEST, YET MOST PROMINENT RELIGION. PRIOR TO SIKKIM'S
BECOMING A PART OF THE INDIAN UNION, VAJRAYANA BUDDHISM WAS THE STATE
RELIGION UNDER THE CHOGYAL. SIKKIM HAS 75 BUDDHIST MONASTERIES, THE OLDEST
DATING BACK TO THE 1700S.THE PUBLIC AND VISUAL AESTHETICS OF SIKKIM ARE
EXECUTED IN SHADES OF VAJRAYANA BUDDHISM AND BUDDHISM PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT
ROLE IN PUBLIC LIFE, EVEN AMONG SIKKIM'S MAJORITY NEPALI HINDU POPULATION.
HINDUISM HAS BEEN THE STATE'S MAJOR RELIGION SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEPAL
HINDU POPULATION; AN ESTIMATED 57.75 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION ARE NOW
ADHERENTS OF THE RELIGION. THERE EXIST MANY HINDU TEMPLES. KIRATESHWAR
MAHADEV TEMPLE KIRAT PEOPLE IS VERY POPULAR, SINCE IT CONSISTS OF
THE CHARDHAM ALTOGETHER.
CHRISTIANS IN SIKKIM ARE MOSTLY DESCENDANTS OF LEPCHA PEOPLE
WHO WERE CONVERTED BY BRITISH MISSIONARIES IN THE LATE 19TH
CENTURY, AND CONSTITUTE AROUND 10 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION.
AS OF 2014, THE EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SIKKIM IS
THE LARGEST CHRISTIAN DENOMINATION IN SIKKIM. OTHER RELIGIOUS
MINORITIES INCLUDE MUSLIMS AND JAINS, WHO EACH ACCOUNT FOR
ROUGHLY ONE PER CENT OF THE POPULATION. THE TRADITIONAL
RELIGION OF THE NATIVE LEPCHA PEOPLE IS MUN , AN ANIMIST
PRACTICE WHICH CO-EXISTS ALONGSIDE BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY.
 INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE OF SIKKIM
THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF SIKKIM INCLUDE THE LEPCHAS, LIMBUS, NEPALIS AND BHUTIAS.
THE INDIGENOUS SIKKIMESE SHOW WIDE CULTURAL VARIATION.
THE LEPCHA SPEAK LEPCHA AND USE LEPCHA SCRIPT AND THE SCRIPT IS DESCENDED FROM THE
TIBETAN SCRIPT. TRADITIONALLY, LEPCHA MEN WEAR GADAS AND TIE A PATANG, A KIND OF
WEAPON, ON THEIR WAIST AND DON A BAMBOO CAP; WOMEN WEAR DISTINCTIVE DRESSES AND
ORNAMENTS. AMONG LEPCHAS, THERE IS A TRADITION OF NUCLEAR FAMILY STRUCTURE AND OF
MONOGAMOUS MARRIAGE; THOUGH DIVORCE IS RELATIVELY RARE, WIDOWED PERSONS
CUSTOMARILY REMARRY.
TRADITIONALLY, THE LEPCHA PRACTICE A RELIGION CENTERED ON SHAMANS CALLED MUN,
WHO OFFICIATE CEREMONIES AND FESTIVALS, AND BÓNGTHÍNG, WHO ARE HEALERS AND ARE
OFTEN FEMALE. THE LEPCHA CONVERTED TO BUDDHISM IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, THOUGH
THEIR BELIEFS ARE LARGELY SYNCRETIC.
BHUTIAS SPEAK SIKKIMESE, WHICH IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS
DRANJONGKE, WRITTEN IN THE TIBETAN SCRIPT, PROPER. MEN AND
WOMEN WEAR BAKHUS, WHILE FOR WOMEN ONLY THIS IS
ACCOMPANIED BY A HONGU (BLOUSE) AROUND WHICH THEY TIE A
WOOLEN CLOTH AROUND THEIR WAIST CALLED PANGDEN IF THEY ARE
MARRIED. ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS THEY WEAR A SCARF CALLED
A KHADA, WHICH HAS BECOME COMMON FEATURE IN THE SIKKIMESE
SOCIETY AND CULTURE EVEN AMONG THE NEPALESE OF
SIKKIM. HISTORICALLY, THE BHUTIA PRACTICED POLYANDRY BEFORE THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY; DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, WIFE-
SHARING AMONG MALE SIBLINGS WAS ALSO PRACTICED, HOWEVER,
NEITHER TRADITION SURVIVES TODAY. MARRIAGE RITUALS ARE
TRADITIONALLY ELABORATE AND FESTIVE, OFFICIATED BY A VILLAGE
CHIEF AS OPPOSED TO BUDDHIST LAMAS; LATE MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
ARE NOT UNCOMMON PRACTICES AMONG THE BHUTIA.
MOST LEPCHA, AND BHUTIA TODAY PRACTICE
LOCAL FORMS OF BUDDHISM, INCORPORATING
ASPECTS OF BON RELIGION AND ANIMISM, IN
CONTRAST TO THE HINDU NEPALESE MAJORITY.
FOLLOWERS OF BUDDHISM IN SIKKIM ARE
LARGELY EITHER KAGYUDPA OR NYINGMA,
THOUGH A SMALL SECTION OF BHUTIAS CLAIMS TO
ADHERE TO BON IN PARTICULAR. SINCE THE
ARRIVAL OF THE NEPALESE AND WESTERN
 ETHNIC GROUP OF
SIKKIM
ETHINICITIES OF SIKKIM
1. LEPCHA PEOPLE
2. BHUTIA
3. LIMBU PEOPLE
4. KHAS PEOPLE

THE PEOPLE OF SIKKIM MAINLY CONSISTS OF THREE ETHNIC GROUPS

THAT IS LEPCHA, BHUTIA AND NEPALI.
 RITUALS OF
SIKKIM
THE PEOPLE OF SIKKIM ARE WARM, SIMPLE AND FRIENDLY WITH A NATURE GAIETY.
THE CUSTOMS AND RITUALS OF SIKKIM ARE AS DIVERSE AS THE ETHNIC THAT
INHABIT THE LAND ; THE ‘LEPCHAS‘ — ESSENTIALLY CHILDREN OF THE FOREST , THE
‘BHUTIAS’ AND THE ‘NEPALESE’.THE PEOPLE OF SIKKIM LOVE TO CELEBRATE. BE IT
THE CHASING AWAY OF THE EVIL SPIRIT OR THE CELEBRATIONS ON THE OCCASION
OF THE NEW YEAR, THE SIKKIMESE DO IT ALL WITH A GAY ABANDON. AND IF YOU’RE
FORTUNATE YOU COULD PERSUADE THE SIKKIMESE TO OFFER YOU ‘ CHANG’ – A
PREPARATION FROM FERMENTED MILLET. THE DRINK IS SERVED TO YOU IN BAMBOO
CONTAINERS WITH A HOLLOW BAMBOO PIPE.THE SIKKIMESE CULTURE FINDS
EXPRESSION IN IT’S BEAUTIFUL ARTS AND CRAFTS. CARRY BACK A MOMENTO OF
YOUR HOLIDAY – BE IT AN INTRICATELY CARVED PIECE OF FURNITURE (CHOKTSE), A
HIGHLY EMBELLISHED CARPET OR AN ARTIFACT OF WOVEN BAMBOO.
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