Yeba

E763077

Yeba are ritual specialists of the Limbu people who conduct traditional religious ceremonies, healing rites, and spiritual mediation within their indigenous belief system.

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Label Occurrences
Yeba canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf religious role
religious specialist
ritual specialist
shamanic practitioner
associatedWith Limbu clan rituals
ancestor worship
community well-being
healing of illness
nature spirits
ceremonyType agricultural rituals
funerary rituals
healing ceremonies
life-cycle rituals
cosmologicalRole mediator between visible and invisible worlds
counterpart Yema
culturalHeritage intangible cultural heritage of Limbu people
ethnicContext Limbu
genderAssociation male
knowledgeType healing knowledge
mythological knowledge
ritual knowledge
languageUsed Limbu language
locatedIn Darjeeling region
Sikkim region
linked to: Sikkim

eastern Himalayas
linked to: Eastern Himalayas

eastern Nepal
practicedBy Limbu people
religiousStatus non-Buddhist Limbu ritualist
non-Hindu Limbu ritualist
religiousTradition Kirat religion
Limbu indigenous religion
roleInSociety acts as spiritual mediator
conducts traditional religious ceremonies
mediates between humans and spirits
performs divination
performs exorcism
performs healing rites
performs protective rituals
socialFunction conflict mediation
guidance in crises
socialStatus respected figure
transmission apprenticeship
oral tradition
usesMedium oral chants
ritual objects
ritual offerings
sacrificial rites

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