The Lepcha tribe believe their ancestors were made from snow on Kanchenjunga's summit Members of a mountain tribe in India say one of their most important rituals may never be performed again, after ...

Being alienated from their mother tongue is not a novel phenomenon for the Lepcha tribe who are considered to be the first inhabitants of the Sikkim and the West Bengal districts of Darjeeling and ...

Perhaps the most satisfying food coma comes at the end of a hectic field reporting day. When Kritika Pant and I were travelling to Sikkim earlier in the year, we visited Dzongu, a region dominated by ...

Kalimpong, March 4: Days after the Sikkim government accorded the Lepchas in the state primitive tribe status, members of the community in Kalimpong have raised the demand for the same. General ...

Kalimpong, Oct. 11: Lepchas from all over the district today participated in a rally to demand recognition and introduction of the Lepcha language in schools and colleges in Darjeeling. The Indigenous ...

Lepchas, the indigenous tribal people of the tiny Himalayan state of Sikkim, have vowed to stall an upcoming 520-megawatt hydropower project at Dzongu, a protected area the community considers its ...

The 50-year-old craftsman hailing from Lower Lingdong in Mangan district has been nurturing the cultural heritage of the Lepcha tribe for the past 25 years. "The hats are worn during important events ...

Young author Yishey Doma in the acknowledgements section of her recently released book “Legends of The Lepchas: Folk Tales from Sikkim” (Westland and Tranquebar Press) writes “finally my mother and my ...

Members of a mountain tribe in India say one of their most important rituals may never be performed again, after the death of their spiritual leader. The Lepcha community, in the state of Sikkim, pray ...