Nepali Dance-Ma ta marchhu ki Key ho thuli

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The third reason why the dance is performed at Tundikhel is given by Kirat Rai anthropologist and Sakela expert Tirtharaj Mukaram Rai: “At Sano Hattiban, there is not enough space, so we moved to Tundikhel”. The reason why the ritual is performed at Tundikhel (Yalakhom) is the history of the Kirat dynasty and the inadequate space at Sano Hattiban and Nakhipot. Kirat people from different countries of the world come here to celebrate the festival, and there isn’t enough room for so many participants.
The Sakela ritual was first performed in Kathmandu in 1963. King Mahendra had visited Bhojpur during a tour of the eastern part of the country, and the people welcomed him by showing the Sakela dance. He was so impressed by the mesmerising performance that he invited them to show it in Kathmandu too.
Likewise, according to writer and Sakela expert Prof Chatur Bhakta Rai, he and his friends first performed the dance at Tundikhel and then at Tribhuvan University and Shankar Dev Campus. Kirats living in Kathmandu became aware of the ritual, and gradually it became a tradition to perform it twice annually to expose the historical relation with Yalakhom. Now we can see swarms of Kirati people at Tundikhel to perform the Sakela during Udhauli and Ubhauli.

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