Introduction
PART I: History and Heritage
1. The Residency, Bharat Bhawan and Raj Bhawan 2. Mapping the
Heritage: Sikkim as a Place in Travel Narratives of the Colonial
Era 3. The Process of State Formation and its Impact on Social
Formation in Eastern Nepal and Sikkim, Sixteenth-nineteenth
Centuries 4. Changing Dynamics of Traditional Culture of Sikkim in
Different Times: From the Lepcha Era to the Modern Period 5.
Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions of Indigenous
Communities in Sikkim: Contextualization within the Institutional
Framework for Protection of Traditional Knowledge in India 6.
Traditional Healing Practices and the Role of Traditional Health
Practitioners in Primary Health Care: A Medical Heritage of
Sikkim
PART II: People
7. Culture Kept Alive through Oral Traditions: A Peep into the
World of the Lepchas 8. Tamba Oral Tradition and Transference of
Tales in the Darjeeling, Sikkim Himalayas 9. Intangible Cultural
Heritage of the Tamangs of Sikkim: Exploring History through Oral
Narratives 10. The Tamang Community in Sikkim: A Cultural
Background 11. Where the Material and the Ceremonial Meet:
Understanding Alcohol Culture in Sikkim: A Gender Analysis
PART III: Religion and Ritual 12. Bon Religion in Sikkim 13.
Geographical Features and Religion: Buddhism among the Lhopos 14.
Significance of Cham Dance: The Masked Ritual in Sikkim 15. Rituals
and Death Memorial: Chowtara among the Limbus of Sikkim
Section IV: Tourism and Economy 16. Transhumance to Home Stay
Tourism: A Transformation of Cultural and Economic Activities at
Lachen Valley, Sikkim 17. Who Dances for Kanchenjunga? Cultural
Heritage and Tourism in Sikkim 18. Culture, Creativity and Tourism:
A Study of Sikkim 19. Infrastructure Development: Strategy for
Inclusive and Sustainable Heritage Tourism in Sikkim 20. Maize
Cultivation in Sikkim: Food Security and Strategy
PART V: Art and Museum
21. Musical Instruments of Limbu in Sikkim 22. Folk Dance as a
Cultural Symbol among
Nepalis of Sikkim 23. Role of Monastery and Craft Centre in the
Perpetuation of Ethnic Craft in Sikkim:Issues of Tradition and
Change 24. Rong Lupon Sonam Tshering and his ‘Museum of Innocence’:
A Unique Mission for the Preservation of Lepcha Arts, Crafts and
Culture 25. Integrating Museum, Intangible Heritage, Cultural
Empowerment and Anthropology
Sarit K. Chaudhuri is Professor of Anthropology and Director, National Museum of Mankind (IGRMS), Bhopal.
Sameera Maiti was Professor and Dean of the School of Human Sciences, Sikkim University. She was also a Charles Wallace Visiting Fellow at Queens University, Belfast and National Fellow in Arts with Ministry of Cultural Affairs.
Charisma K. Lepcha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Sikkim University. Currently she is a fellow at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.
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