Mangsuk as Indigenous Knowledge Heritage in Yamphu Community: An Estranged Transformative Learning Space

Authors

  • Indra Mani Rai Tribhuvan University, Central Department of Education, Kirtipur, Nepal
  • Prabin Rai

Keywords:

Mangsuk. Mundhum. Transformative Learning. Cultural self-Knowing. Relational Knowing. Beliefs and Worldviews.

Abstract

Based on a critical ethnographic research tradition, this paper explores how Mangsuk as an indigenous institution represents a space for cultural-self and relational knowing in the Yamphu indigenous community of Ambote village of Ilam district of eastern Nepal. The paper explores the beliefs, worldviews, and practices of Mangsuk that pass on to adults and children in the community. The paper argues that Mangsuk, as a cultural institution, shapes the emotions, sense of self, particular beliefs, and behaviors among the community people. It further highlights the Mundhum (an oral tradition) associated with the Mangsuk ritual to transfer Yamphu indigenous knowledge, communal values, beliefs, emotionality, spirituality, and worldviews among the kins in the community. Furthermore, the paper portrays how modern education has been side-lining the indigenous ways of transformative learning (cultural self-knowing and relational knowing), resulting in the relegation of indigenous knowledge heritage. 

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Published

2021-06-30

How to Cite

Rai, I. M. ., & Rai, P. (2021). Mangsuk as Indigenous Knowledge Heritage in Yamphu Community: An Estranged Transformative Learning Space. Journal of Transformative Praxis, 2(1), 19–31. Retrieved from https://nepjol.info/index.php/jrtp/article/view/39568

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