Abstract
This article aims to explore the foundational and functional phases of the Khuwalung resistance movement. It is based on grey literature documents. To synchronize the significance of an indigenous movement, the first part of this study briefly presents the context of the hegemonic ideology of the ruling elite persisting in Nepal with reference to Khuwalung. The second part covers the phases of the resistance, which look far more constrained as a counter-resistance. The last part presents potential insights related to Khuwalung for transforming this counter-resistance into an organic indigenous movement in Nepal.
Highlights
It is compelling to preserve it to sustain the Kirat culture but it is an icon of indigenous aesthetics. Such an icon came to prominence in the form of a resistive movement through the discursive salutation of the Prime Minister of Nepal K.P
It awakened and acknowledged indigenous people, especially Kirat communities regarding the cultural significance of Khuwalung
Khuwalung holds the position in folktales, myths and oral traditions including the rituals performed by the Shamanism and Dhami marking the significance in the Kirat community as the epicentre and the soul of the Kirat cultural domains
Summary
It is compelling to preserve it to sustain the Kirat culture but it is an icon of indigenous aesthetics Such an icon came to prominence in the form of a resistive movement through the discursive salutation of the Prime Minister of Nepal K.P. Sharma Oli. Sharma Oli It awakened and acknowledged indigenous people, especially Kirat communities regarding the cultural significance of Khuwalung. This article overviews the insusceptible indigenous agitation as the counter-resistance that demands recognition and loathes the biased gaze of the state It attempts to expose the extreme endeavour to protect the cultural asset that developed not as a mature movement in continuity, rather in a fragmented form. Cultural and moral significance to the Kirati community as uttered in a religious text while performing rituals and carries the philosophical meaning It has a high aesthetic value in indigenous world views. As Birat Anupam quoting Dewan Kirati views, “Khuwalung is one of the greatest iconic Kirati natural landmarks...it contains an incredible mark in its tradition.”
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