Mangar community
Echoes of the Ancestors: Interpreting Mangar Ritual Symbolism in the Darjeeling Hills, India
ancestor worship, Cultural Continuity, ethnography, Indigenous beliefs, Mangar community, Ritual symbolismBy: SOVAN CHAKRABORTY – The Mangar community is often overlooked. This paper examines ritual symbolism among the Mangar community in the Darjeeling hills of India. The Mangars are a small Himalayan group with a long history of ritual practice. Their traditions now face pressure from migration and wider religious influences. These pressures shape how rituals…