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Photographs in Jigme

Satakha village with schools and lhakhang The satakha lhakhang on our way back to Samtse Landslided road on our way back Landslided road on our way back Student waiting for his friend on his way to school The ready millet meal served to everyone The alcohol offering ceremony The foxtail millet is made ready and it's being blaced near the fire place to keep it warm
The chicken is placed inside the pot to boil it before preparing the curry The chicken wings are placed infront of the millet torm filled with chicken parts Adding the chicken meat piecces on the millet torm Hot chicken heart The chicken parts placed on the leaf to be offered The chicken is now being cut from the middle to remove the intestine from inside After roasting the chicken it is being placed on a leaf to take out the intestine and other parts like liver,kidney and hearth. Removing the chicken liver
The chicken is now being cut from the middle to remove the intestine from inside Hand of the boy removing the fearther from the chicken Hearth kept ready to prepare meals The main person who is making offering in the particular ritual Woman filtering the millet from the alcohol with local made filter Roasting chicken to remove the feather Locally prepared incense leaves Where to place the head of the cock
The important part of the ritual is placing the head of the rooster The important part of the ritual is placing the head of the rooster Separating the head of the rooster from it's body Separating the head of the rooster from it's body The rooster is let on to die after hitting on its head The villagers feed the rooster with the same water that they have collected from the source. Villagers trying to offer prayers with the cock that are to be sacrificied The villagers sprinkls water on the rooster till it shivers

Jigme in Places


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