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Phedangma - Limbu ritual specialist, was an ex-Gurkha Limbu dhameni (ritual specialist) in front of shrine Ritual friends (mith)-Limbu and Newar-greet each other Limbus celebrate Dasein festival with tika Limbu rite to 'wash away bad feelings' (sarap bagaunu) Limbu pancaboli ritual takes place by a river Animal sacrifice at a Limbu pancaboli ritual Millet is planted in unirrigated fields (bari)
Ploughing and seeding a maize field Ploughing an unirrigated field (bari) for growing maize Planting paddy-women transplant seedlings Thatched roofs have to be renewed every few years Houses in one of the 'Indreni' settlements Houses and terraced fields Bridge over Mai river below Barbote Settlements with Mai river valley below
Typical dispersed settlements in Ilam district Funerary structure FS2. One of the heaped-stone enclosures. One of the heaped-stone enclosures. Funerary structure FS2. Outlying funerary structure. One of the double-course walls of the pillar enclosure. The site’s walled pillars.
The east complex of the south sector. Note the large cubic boulder beside the structure. Satellite enclosures of the south sector west complex. The north tumulus. The south tumulus. The in situ pillar of the north pillar complex. The north pillar complex. Long-stone DR1 of the south pillar complex. The south pillar complex.

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