Very rare to listen this nowadays because we started copying ignoring self existence and history.For God sake let's not separate ourselves from DARJULYANGMO,KALYAMPONMOS EETLAAM MO,KURSONMOS.THIS VIDEO IS WORTH WATCHING .MAY MT.KINGCHUMZONGBO BLESS ALL.ACHULAY.
I have never met a Lepcha who speaks their own language. They speak Nepalese. When I see Lepcha people speak in their language on RU-vid videos, I feel so happy thinking that their language still do exists and is given importance by some section of Lepcha people.
@Radio FM lepchas aren't nepalis. For your kind information Bhutias also live in Nepal but they aren't nepali, bhutias are indigenous to nepal living near sikkim and Tibetan border. Lepcha, the original name is rongkup, are not nepalis, denzongpa also called bhutia isn't Nepali
Lepchas are very friendly, hospitable, interesting and easily approachable people. Lepchas or "Rong" are originally from the Border of today's China and Korean peninsula. Genetics and facial structure point that side. This means that the Lepchas along with Kiratis like Rai, Limbu, Magar, etc are genetically closer to the Northern Chinese and Koreans if not identical. On the contrary, Bhootiya are identical to the Tibetans and have more of South Sino-Tibetan ancestry. Linguistically, too the North China and Korea like names are still prevalent in the Lepcha named cities. Meyong, Yumesodong, Yadong county, Rongong, Rong Tong, Kurseong, Kalimpong, etc are all Lepcha named places. Lepcha are however, culturally close to Tibetans with their religion being Tibetan Buddhism, and they were allied to Tibet in the Yesteryears. But genetically, they are close to the Northern Chinese and Koreans, along with the Rai and Limbu populations, then they are to the neighbouring Bootiya, Tamang and Gurung.
Thanks for adding your information/study/interpretations. Anthropology has always been multi-layered and thus so intriguing and interesting. Specialists will definitely go through your opinion and value it as per their research and intelligentsia.
Wow, the ritual is very similar to Tibetan. Tibetan were at one point Shamanist - with the advent of Buddhism in Tibet things all changed including sacrifices of animals. I see one word we share equally is 'mik' that's eyes in Tibetan too. The hat craftmanship is amaazing so much detail - the wooden piece Sun and Moon could be found in Mongolian flag as well. Very interesting short documentary. Lol the at the end Namgyal Dynasty forced 'Lamaism' into Lepcha belief system has to be taken with a grain of salt.
Lepchas maybe originated in mayanmar,tibet,north japan or china And also lepchas are very different from nepalies there face structure and the language.and also. Late Mr.Nayan tshering lepcha said that lepchas belongs to Tao tai chan rongs group which is in china I don't know this information are right or wrong but this are some theorys about lepcha people.❤
@Khun u Hynniewtrep To ia tylli Lepchas n kirati ( limboos) were first ruled by tibbetan Bhutia king from 1642. nepali origin migrated in 18 th century. Lepchas also speak their language. beside Limboo n Bhutia also spoken in sikkim. nepali is spoken only as lingua franca. even a LEPCHA cannot communicate with Bhutia or Limboo who were living before nepali origin without nepali language cuz all three r diff language. n today all r ruling sikkim with diff reserved seat from kings period in assembly. nepali origin itself divided into different tribes. n some tribes r buddhist like gurung n tamang. tamang tribe r more similar with Bhutia( tibbetan) than with other nepali origin. so thr is no such "us" n "them" in sikkim. some thousand Lepchas r also in eastern nepal n western bhutan.
Stop spreading hate nepali is spoken yes due to the huge numbers of Nepal's ethnicity number but the nepali spoken here is different form what is spoken in nepal it has been also adjusted stop this nepali has dominated narrative and if you wanna hold accountable then include bhutanese and Tibetans to but you cant Cuz u dont even know what you r talking about sikkim and darjeeling has a unique cultural environment due to the 3 dominate cultures and it is not like NE states dont compare pur culture to the other NE states WE ARE DIFFERENT
@@sumitchettri7905Close to lepcha community were limbu before the chogyal Dynasty..Limbuwan kingdom and Mayal lyang were neighbouring ancient kingdom who mingled with each other as they were close to each other ... Whereas khambuwan were west of Limbuwan...But lepcha are different their language is sino-tibetan whereas others are tibeto burmanese
@@Tobiraaaama MECHIYA migrate from present BODOLAND to RIVER ARUN to TISTA in 2000 B.C. They get name YAKHTHUNG MECHIYA Bcoz YAK=10 THUNG=AREA in KHAMBU LANGUAGE. This ARUN to TISTA was gifted by KHAMBU to MECHIYA (YAKTHUNG MECHIYA). In past no tribes have fix home,all were nomads in Himalaya. This arun to tista divided into two parts now 1)NEPAL LIMBUWAN 2)INDIA LIMBUWAN EAST of TISTA is MAYEL LYANG . DARJEELING DISTRICT and 65% of SIKKIM is LIMBUWAN KINGDOM. KALIMPONG DISTRICT and 35% land is LEPCHA KINGDOM.
@@sumitchettri7905 Intresting but what is khambu language to be precise?? chamling ,bantawa,Thulong??? I thought Yak meant hill thumba meant fort Do mechiya play Chyabrung or have mundhums? Mechi is a river in nepal,and there are mechi people also there
This video was poorly planned, as it mostly just showed the Lepcha's sad, superstitious ways, plus the English voice-over needed English subtitles to be understood.
@Alan Crane kirat of mahabharat r same kiratis of of today's east Nepal to Sikkim, Darjeeling. Rai, limboo, sunuwar, yakkha still call themselves kirat n their religion kirat mundham. Kirat king yalambar who took part in mahabharata war is worshiped by all like Rai, limboo, sunuwar, yakkha etc.
@Alan Crane n far west Nepal was always inhabited by Aryan called khas natives of today's Himachal to far west Nepal. Diff Aryan but later mixed with Vedic Aryan migrated from plains......