Skip to main content

Pumtong and Tungbuk Special Covers released during the SIKKIMPEX 2026

By himalayanreview

Two Special Covers was released during the  SIKKIMPEX 2026. 


Pumtong Pulit is a traditional bamboo wind instrument of the Lepcha community of Sikkim, deeply rooted in their cultural and religious life.


Tungbuk is a three string instrument of the Lepcha community of Sikkim that plays a central role in Lepcha folk music, storytelling, and spiritual practices deeply revered for its rich cultural significance and distinctive acoustic quality. 

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Three Honours to Prof Mahendra P Lama

By himalayanreview
New York, 19 March: Prof Mahendra P Lama today received the India-China Fellowship awarded to him by the prestigious New School University in New York. This Fellowship was awarded to him to recognise his leadership and commitment to the dialogue in India, China and the United States. While speaking at the glittering function held at the University in the heart of New York City in the United States, Prof Bob Kerrey, President of the University and former Senator admired Prof Lama profusely for his singleminded dedication and major contributions to issues of cross border cooperation, peace and development. Prof Lama will in the course of next fortnight lecture at various Universities in the US. Prof Lama has also been invited as an International Observer for the crucial Constituent Assembly election in Nepal. The election will be held on 10 April 2008. A number of international organisations including the United Nation and European Union are supporting the Nationa...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Tibet Mirror: The first Tibetan newspaper, now only a memory

By himalayanreview
KALIMPONG, India, 12 May 2005 October 1930 issue of the Tibet Mirror. Once a potpourri of flourishing trade and hub of secret agents from Britain, Tibet,China, India, America's CIA and probably other countries, Kalimpong seems today a mere worn-out town where everyone is only catching up on their lives. "After Tibet lost its independence (in 1959), Kalimpong's importance also diminished. There was no more trade between Tibet and India under Tibet's new ruler, and it (Kalimpong) was no more of any political significance," says 76-year-old Phurbu Dhondup, an elderly Tibetan living in the town. It was then the Tibetans brought wool to India, while on return they carried all kinds of household goods—you name it, you have it. It was here that the first Tibetan newspaper was born. "The Tibet Mirror Press; Established 1925", reads the signboard on the crumbling tinned house, near the 10th Milestone (doesn't exist now though) on Giri road. Albeit the first T...
3 comments
Read more

My articles on Sikkim Rocketmail

By himalayanreview
 My articles on Sikkim Rocketmail  1.  I found Sikkim Rocketmail Experiment 1935''s file at Archives Department 2.  Sikkim’s Rocket mail Experiment towards 75th anniversary 3.  World's 1st Parcel Rocket Dispatched was done in Sikkim in 1935 4.  A cock was lifted on air in an experiment in Sikkim in 1935
Post a Comment
Read more