Jhakri
Sign in to savethumb|A Nepali jhākri with a dhyāngro, a traditional [[frame drum and dancing in their ritual song.]] thumb|A jhākri in Kalimpong, [[West Bengal, India]] thumb|Statues of jhākri at Banjhakri Falls and Energy Park in [[Gangtok, Sikkim, India]]
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thumb|A Nepali jhākri with a dhyāngro, a traditional [[frame drum and dancing in their ritual song.]] thumb|A jhākri in Kalimpong, [[West Bengal, India]] thumb|Statues of jhākri at Banjhakri Falls and Energy Park in [[Gangtok, Sikkim, India]]
Jhākri () is the Nepali word for shaman or diviner. It is sometimes reserved specifically for practitioners of Nepali shamanism, such as that practiced among the Tamang people and the Magars; it is also used in the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal, which border Nepal. The practice of using a Jhaakri as a channel or medium by a Hindu god or goddess to give solutions or answers to the questions of devotees is known as, "dhaamee ()" in Nepali.