Ninglekhu/ku
Culture
Mundhum, ritual, the festival year, music, food, dress and the Sirijunga script — with the sourcing shown.
Mundhum
What the Mundhum is, how Iman Singh Chemjong divided it, and why the Satyahangma movement’s Sāmjik Mundhum is a separate case.
Belief and ritual
Limbu divinities, the disputed classification of ritual specialists, and the life-cycle and customary law of the Tumyahang.
The year
Chasok Tangnam, the correction that Sakela is a Rai festival, and the four festival names still awaiting confirmation.
Music and dance
Ya:lang and palam, the chyabrung and ke:lang, the unresolved question of what the drum is made of, and the absence of any UNESCO inscription.
Food and drink
Kinema and the science behind it, the sargyangma blood sausage, yangben lichen, tongba, and the correction that sel roti is pan-Nepali.
Dress and ornament
The Sikkim Tribal Research Institute’s enumeration of Limbu dress and ornament, the terms it does not corroborate, and what is known of the house.
The Sirijunga script
What the Limbu script is, the scholarly dispute over its ninth-century origin, the life and death of Te-ongsi Sirijunga, and its state on the web.