Facts about Sunuwar
The Kiranti-Kõits
Relegion and Culture
What is their clan-nomenclature?
What are their cult-pantheons?
Suroms, Nimloes, Yaabres, Meselmi, Sidaa etc. While performing pidar-namdar,
Nhaasho>Na?so>Naaso and Poibo/Gyami start by reciting “Shang, Shang, Shang,
Shang, Shang shooo…” The term ‘Shang’(Yin) resembles to one of the
ancient/pre-historic Chinese dynasties dated c.1523 B.C.-c.1028. This is
historically important because the Kiranti-Kõits tribe practise ancestor-cult as
an inevitable part of their culture
Language
Chengu Puja