Hidden land and changing landscape: Narratives about Mount Khangchendzonga among the Lepcha and the Lhopo

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dc.contributor.authorScheid, Claire S.
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-10T15:19:41Z
dc.date.available2015-07-10T15:19:41Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis article explores contemporary ‘hidden land’ narrative constructs of Máyel Lyáng and Beyul Dremojong in Sikkim, India, as conceived by the Lepcha and the Lhopo, two ‘scheduled tribes’. Lepcha and Lhopo narratives about these hidden lands in Mount Khangchendzonga inform us about their contemporary and historical, indigenous and Buddhist contexts and the interactions between these contexts. Lhopo perspectives on the hidden Beyul Dremojong echo classical Tibetan Buddhist ‘revealed treasure’ guidebooks and exist within the complex and reciprocal relationship between the Lhopo and the land they inhabit; development initiatives are understood to have caused illness and death in the Lhopo community of Tashiding, often referred to as the geographical ‘center’ of Beyul Dremojong. Contemporary Lepcha comprehensions of Máyel Lyáng, described in oral narratives within an ethnic community whose cosmology is intimately connected with Mount Khangchendzonga, today show some influence of Lhopo interpretations of Beyul Dremojong and the treasure texts; they also reflect Lepcha fears about cultural dispersion. Present-day narratives about both hidden lands reference notable political events in modern Sikkimese history (encounters with the British; the Chinese occupation of Tibet).en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationSCHEID, C. S. 2014. Hidden land and changing landscape: Narratives about Mount Khangchendzonga among the Lepcha and the Lhopo. Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions, 1(1), 66-89.en
dc.identifier.endpage89en
dc.identifier.issn2009-7409
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religionsen
dc.identifier.startpage66en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/1868
dc.identifier.volume1en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherISASR in association with the Study of Religions, University College Cork.en
dc.relation.urihttp://jisasr.org/
dc.rights©2014, The Author(s).en
dc.subjectLepchaen
dc.subjectLhopoen
dc.subjectTreasure Texts (gTer ma)en
dc.subjectMáyel Lyángen
dc.subjectBeyul Dremojong (sBas yul ’bras mo ljongs)en
dc.titleHidden land and changing landscape: Narratives about Mount Khangchendzonga among the Lepcha and the Lhopoen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions (JISASR). Vol. 1, Issue 1, (2014)