Cultural Museum Nearing Completion in Tehrathum to Preserve Indigenous Heritage

Tehrathum. The construction of the Poklabang Cultural Museum building in Fedap Rural Municipality-1 of the district has reached its final stage.

The museum is being built for the preservation of endangered cultural artifacts. The cultural museum is being constructed about two kilometers north of Poklabang market, the service center of Fedap Rural Municipality. The museum building has been constructed in the traditional style with a slate roof.

The construction is being led by the organization named Poklabang Yak Mangena Lungdhung Thamrung, which is the common organization of those who consider Poklabang as their Mangena Yak. Vijay Ninglekha, a member of the advisory committee of the organization, stated that the museum is being built to collect and preserve old cultural materials, historical documents, and weapons from the contemporary Gorkha-Limbuwan war era related to the Yakthung (Limbu) people who consider Poklabang as their Mangena Yak.

Lok Bahadur Singh, Chairman of Kirat Yakthung Chumlung Tehrathum, explained that the 19 different types of Yakthung (Limbu) people in the Poklabang Fedap area consider Mangena Yak as their primary deity. Every clan and sub-clan within the Yakthung (Limbu) community has its own Mangena Yak. They worship and invoke the place where their ancestors first appeared, established homes, and cleared land as their Mangena Yak.

The construction of the museum, with a budget of NPR 27.3 million including VAT from the Ministry of Urban Development, was started by Maruti Builders construction company in Asar 2081 BS. Sub-engineer Subash Magar of the construction company stated that the multi-year project museum building is targeted for completion by the end of the current fiscal year.

Sesehang Hukpa Chongbang, Chairman of the Poklabang Yak Mangena Lungdhung Thamrung organization, expressed the belief that after the completion of the museum, which is being built on two ropanis of land donated free of cost by two local individuals, Poklabang will develop as a center for cultural and historical study alongside being a cultural tourist destination.