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The Limbu community is celebrating the Kakphekwa Tangnam festival today. Celebrated as Maghe Sankranti by the other communities, the Limbu community observes this cultural festival as the Kakphekwa Tangnam as per Limbu customs. In the Limbu language, 'Kakphekwa' means the flowering of the Chaanp plant, while 'Tangnam' means festival. Chaanp, in Nepali, is the name of a plant identified with Magnolia champaca.
Today also marks the beginning of the new year for the Limbu community. This festival is especially marked by the Rai. Limbu, Yakkha, and Sunuwar are among the Limbu sub-castes. On this occasion, people eat various types of yams, tubers, and sweet potatoes, said Rudra Kumar Liwang of Mikwakhola rural municipality. A legend related to this festival from the Mundhum, the holy book of the Kiratas, states that the Limbu ancestors survived by eating the wild yams and tubers when there were no food grains. The Yele Tangbe (Dong) or the Limbu New Year 5084 has started today, said Saroj Kangliwa, the district secretary of Yakthung Chumlung. The festival commenced in the morning today, with people taking baths and putting on a 'tika' mark of the wild yam on their foreheads._Rss
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