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winter
ICH Elements 17
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CHAFGORA
Chaghora is a special place, like anbar for fresh keeping potato, carrot, apple and other food during the winther period. Chaghora is made in ground, 1 meter inside of ground and 1 meter over ground.
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GHUBAY
A kind of dish of the mountainous people of Badakhshan. It is prepared with bread baked from bean flour, yogurt and butter.
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Kolok-pa (An Indigenous Game)
Kolok-pa is the game played in the Thongsa locality. The name of the game is directly derived from the name given to the element. Such game can play in any number of people more than two; it can be played in even numbers only like, two, four, six, eight and ten. According to the local elders the exact date of which the game is been played is not known. However, the game is usually played in the winter seasons, as it is the end of fruitful tiring journey of the year to the villagers as mostly the field are left uncultivated and people do not have works to carry on in the field. The people usually played for fun and for enjoyment by keeping simple bet. Kolok-pa game does not differentiate the gender and age of the player, such game can be played by mixing gender, nevertheless the players opt to play gender wise only, in order to have balance and competitive competition. According to 65 years old Meme Ugyen Guru, the game in the past can be played by burning bamboos and pinewoods for lighting the ground in the evenings. Mostly the betting they used to keep are for Bangchang, Ara (Local wine), pork and eating and drinking. The winner of the match is declare based on mutual understanding made within the players, either to pay bet after every game or out of three sets. According to the local present during our study, they asserted that Kolok-pa game is still playing; however, they share their concern that such game is slowly declining due to the change of times and due to the modernization. Aum Nim Gyalmo shared that nowadays due to the digital games and other available of entertainment, youth are found with least interest to play such age old game, where their interest are driven to digital.
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KHIRPICHOR, Khurpapud, Khurpachur, Gravash
According to traditional folk calendars the Khirpichor ritual is celebrated in January 31. Paople celebrate it as the mark for passing coldness days of winter.
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