Lokhim

Lokhim is a village located in Thulung Dudhkoshi Rural Municipality, Ward No. 9. It is one of the most attractive and culturally rich villages in eastern Nepal. The chairperson of the village is San Kumar Tamang. The village is surrounded with lush greens, flora and fauna. Lokhim is located at approximately 400km south-east of the capital Kathmandu.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Lokhim is referenced by 3 other articles, and connects out to Solududhkunda Municipality, Nepal and time zone.

The entry is geolocated on the map in adm2nd_region, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Solukhumbu District.

Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.

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Instance of: village development committee of Nepal
Country: Nepal
Located in: Solukhumbu District
Time zone: UTC+05:45

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There are majorly four casts are living in Lokhim which includes Rai, Tamang, Sherpa, Biswakarma and few Damai. Each of these community have their own languages, rituals, traditions and culture. Sakela (also known as Toshi) is one of the highly celebrated festival in Lokhim where hundreds of Rai people come together and dance. Sakela (Toshi) is not only important for community bonding but it also has its own historical and cultural importance. Rai community celebrate this festival with joy and zeal. Tamang has celebrate theirs great festival as "Lhochhar". It means 'Lho' refers 'Year' and 'Chhar' refers 'New', together it is 'New Year'. This festival use to celebrate as their changed of Year (Lho). Sherpa celebrates "Losar" festival as a new year. Biswakarma and Damai are minority community in Lokhim.

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