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When the gods arrive, the dhami will begin to yawn and tremble, gently at first and then more violently. When possession takes hold, he will begin his trance dance before the assembly.
When the gods arrive, the dhami will begin to yawn and tremble, gently at first and then more violently. When possession takes hold, he will begin his trance dance before the assembly.
Sitting inside his shrine room, Takka Bahadur Rokaya, is the most respected of all dhamis in Simikot. He received the call at twenty-one from the local lineage deity, Kalo Silto:"I awoke in a shaking house. It was as if an earthquake had struck, Then I began to tremble. A warm glow pervaded my body. I knew that I had been chaoosen by the gods, I then went to Lake Mansarovar.
When the gods arrive, the dhami will begin to yawn and tremble, gently at first and then more violently. When possession takes hold, he will begin his trance dance before the assembly.
When the gods arrive, the dhami will begin to yawn and tremble, gently at first and then more violently. When possession takes hold, he will begin his trance dance before the assembly.
When the gods arrive, the dhami will begin to yawn and tremble, gently at first and then more violently. When possession takes hold, he will begin his trance dance before the assembly.
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