Samdup Taso
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Samdup Taso
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Samdup Taso was the last shaman to lead the indigenous Lepcha people of Sikkim in prayers to the mountain deity of Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain peak. Taso was an hereditary priest, who would lead prayers culminating in special rituals during the month of "Kursong" (February–March). Taso did not nominate a successor, and left the native villagers in the remote Dzongu region of north Sikkim without a 'Khangchendzonga Bongthings' (priest), thus ending an 800-year ritual.
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2018-12-29T11:47:46Z
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