TAMANG PROUD OF SIKKIM SUCCESSFULLY PRESENTED HIS PAPER IN UK CONFERENCE

2013 Sikkim State Awardee “Sewa Samman” a Research Scholar from Jorethang, South Sikkim Yougan Tamang  presented his paper on “CHANGES IN RELIGION & ITS IMPACT ON HEALTH OF TAMANGS OF SIKKIM ,INDIA” at Manchester University hall. Opening ceremony of "An International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Science World Congress 2013 Conference" was held on 5^th.August.2013. His presentation was hugely applauded by the attendees in the conference and they had asked lot of queries about the tribe and the state of Sikkim. They asked about the ethnographic details of Tamang tribe because it was completely new tribe to them. Besides, attendees have shown their interest to study more on Tamang tribe and state of  Sikkim. Queries specially asked by lots of professors from India and United Kingdom itself, and was highly appreciated Yougan Tamang’s answers and presentation

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Earlier Yougan Tamang visited London city and promoted Sikkim State as a whole and his community when meeting with distinguished persons of London. He will be leaving Manchester on 11^th.August.2013. He is the active member of Sikkim Tamang Youth Society also.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF TAMANG

1. Damphu- is a double-sided disk-shaped drum topped with leather and with a long wooden handle.This is a very rare musical instrument belonging to the indigenous Tamang Community. Damphu is a percussion instrument similar to a big tambourine. This instrument is used to melodiously play Tamang selo.The popular ancient folk instrument Damphu and an original rhythm of Tamang Selo have unique importance and influence among other Nepalese cultural folk music. This instrument is very easy to play and easy to learn.
2. Kaling
3. Khandi
4. Gonggop
5. Gyapung
6. Jarunge
7. Damba
8. Dilbu
9. Tamang Ghyaling
10. Tamang Tungna
11. Tung
12. Thunder
13. Pihung
14. Puli - This rhythmic musical instrument is played by Tamang groups. It’s played with the rhythm of six fingers and is blown by mouth. This musical instrument is played during various religious rituals and ceremony. It is important while singing Tamang Selo.
15. Bupsel
16. Bhate Madal- is the traditional musical instrument of Tamang group (Sindhupalcowk). It follows the track of song and is completely made of bamboo. Hexagon shaped hole is in between the bamboo wherefrom wire comes out. The wire at the either side holds the bamboo and to raise pieces of bamboo are placed. It sounds similar to madal but is made of bamboo hence it might have been called Bhate madal.
17. Sindung
18. Silyang

 
[Note: Sikkim Tamang Youth Society would like to know more about the listed Musical Instruments from the resource persons who follows our PAGE & BLOG. Kindly send us more details in sureshlama@yahoo.com]

TAMANG ACE PHOTOGRAPHER IN SOCIAL CAUSE

Jay Tamang was born in a remote village in northern Nepal, one of the most beautiful places in the world. He grew up without electricity, running water or a telephone. Jay had to walk long distances to get to a school, hiking over mountain passes in rubber slippers, without warm clothes, or even a few rupees to buy a lunch.
Yet, growing up in Nepal, Jay was surrounded by mother nature’s beauty in the form of majestic mountains, waterfalls, and magical natural light. The awesome power of nature was simply part of his life
Although Jay's true passion is photography, he has also used his social skills to help the children of his village and surrounding villages. In 2009, he founded NEPAL FREED, (Foundation for Rural Educational and Economic Development.) Since that time, Jay has raised enough money to build a school, a library and hire a teacher, giving hope for a better future to the children who he left behind, but never forgot.
He speaks of his days as a trekking guide. " I witnessed the amazing glory of creation among the highest peaks in the world and I wished I could share them with others. Unfortunately, I could not afford a camera and the idea of ever having one seemed far away. He learned that in art, it’s about your eye, your talent and most of all, it is about your passion.”
Now a well established member of the Mill Valley Community, Jay has been able to devote a significant portion of his life to photography and to share the splendor he sees. “It is my goal to capture this amazing country through my photographic eye... the beauty of California’s amazing national parks, cities, and coastlines. I believe that sharing beauty can inspire peacefulness and a sense of calm in our stressful everyday lives. His goal is to inspire people to learn more about the beauty of mother nature through contemplation of his photographs.

All of his pictures are available in a variety of print sizes and 20% of the proceeds go to his charity, Nepal FREED.

Some of his photographs-

For more information, please contact:

jaytamangphotography@gmail.com
http://www.tamangphotography.com/

GREAT TAMANG LANGUAGE PRESERVER

Shri Norbu Tamang of Old Namchi, South Sikkim is a Secretary of Language Development Board which is a sub committee of Sikkim Tamang Buddhist Association. He is down to the earth personality who prepares Tamang Academic books for the Sikkim Government Schools upto Class VIII. He had already submitted Text Books of Class IX & X to Human Resource Development Department which will be implemented most probably from next academic session. Recently he had discovered 500 new Tamang words in which he had given description to the the Tamang Language Teachers of different schools at State level Workshop. 

Shri Norbu Tamang addressing the Tamang Teachers at State level Workshop

BOLLYHOOD ACTOR PROMOTES TAMANG CULTURE & TRADITION

[ WORLDWIDE PROMOTION CAMPAIGN OF "TAMANG" CULTURE , TRADITIONS & VARIOUS "TAMANG" PERSONALITIES ALONG WITH BEAUTIFUL STATE OF "SIKKIM" - VISIT SIKKIM ]
(Initiative of Sikkim Tamang Youth Society)

Aditya Singh Rajput aka Addy is a familiar name in the advertising world and Bollywood. Having shot over 100 TV commercials including some for big brands like Fanta, Close Up, Nokia and Airtel, he sure has come a long way. Add to this his Hindi film debut in the national award winning film “Maine Gandhi ko nahi maara”, where he plays Urmila Matondkar’s brother... or “U, Me aur Hum” where he’s seen essaying the role of Ajay Devgan and Kajol’s son. This Delhi born model-actor is currently awaiting his next big release ‘Choro ki baraat’ where he’ll be seen sharing screen space with Arya Babbar and Om Puri. He is featured in lead role in different Television Shows also including "Cambala Investigation Agency" in Pogo Channel, "Gumraah" in Channel V'.

 Addy was looking for a perfect gateway after the monsoons. That’s when he learnt about Sikkim and its beauty and also about the Sikkim Tamang Youth Society. He visited their Facebook page and blog to learn more about the community and was really impressed to learn about how they were trying to promote and preserve their culture and community , besides identifying Sikkim in global map. Addy was also impressed by the Tamang Selo dance. A trained dancer, himself, from SDIPA, Addy’s shown a keen interest in mastering this dance form as well.

He is planning to visit Sikkim after the monsoons and during his visit he is hoping to learn more about the Sikkim Tamang Youth Society and Sikkim, in general.

GREAT TAMANG DOCTOR OF SIKKIM ACHIEVING FURTHER - Dr. Vishal Golay

          

Dr. Vishal Goley during Hongkong Conference

Dr. Vishal Goley who is the son of Shri. C.B. Goley & Smt. Karuna Golay from Samdur, Lower Tadong-Gangtok, East Sikkim is one of the Great Tamang Achiever and a inspirations to our youths. He is  Doctorate in Medicine (Nephrology) from Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata.

Recently he was awarded with Certificate of merit at the 9^th Conference on Kidney Disease in Disadvantaged Populations, A satellite conference of the WCN 2013, Hong Kong, China (4-5^th June, 2013).

His write-ups been published in many National & International Journals , besides he had delivered Lecture/Talks  in “Deceased donor kidney transplantation-post transplant recipient care”, presented during the symposia on deceased donor kidney transplantation (2012, October), at the Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Nephrology, East Zone, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.

MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS: 

  

•  M.B.B.S – Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate medical Education and Research, Pondicherry

• M.D (Internal Medicine) – Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
• DNB (General Medicine)-National Board of Examinations, Delhi
• D.M. in Nephrology from Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata.                                                                                          
• Passed MRCP(UK) Part 1 and Part 2 (written)(Part 2 PACES to be given).

                                                                   

PROFESSIONAL and ACADEMIC Details

• Passed Class 10 from CBSE board in 1996 with distinction, Holy Cross School, Tadong (Topped the State: Sikkim, second in Guwahati region)
•  Passed Class 12 from CBSE board in 1998 with distinction, TNSSS, Gangtok (Topped the State: Sikkim in both Pure Science and Bio-science streams)
• MBBS from JIPMER, Pondicherry; passed in Jan 2004
• Certificates of merit in Biochemistry, Pathology and Obstetrics & Gynecology during MBBS
• Worked as a House Surgeon in General Surgery from April 2004 to July 2005 in Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Gangtok
• Co-authored an Entrance Exam preparation book published by PEEPEE publishers, Delhi
• MD in Internal Medicine from PGIMER, Chandigarh; passed in December 2009
• Silver Medalist (on topping the batch) in MD Final Examinations, Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh.
•  DNB, General Medicine from National Board of Examinations, Delhi (2010) 
•  DM in Nephrology from IPGMER, Kolkata
• Undergoing an ISN-ANIO Clinical Nephropathology Certificate Course endorsed by the International Society of Nephrology.

AWARDS:

•  Certificates of merit in Biochemistry, Pathology and Obstetrics & Gynecology during MBBS.
• Silver Medalist (on topping the batch) in MD Final Examinations, Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh.
• Best paper presented at the 15^th Annual Conference of the Peritoneal Dialysis Society of India, Kolkata, India (21-23^rd September, 2012) for paper titled: “CAPD catheter insertion by nephrologists using only ultrasound guidance: experience from a single centre” (First author).
• First prize in the PD Quiz at the 15^th Annual Conference of the Peritoneal Dialysis Society of India, Kolkata, India (21-23^rd September, 2012).
• Best paper presented at the 43^rd Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Nephrology, Ahmedabad, India (6-9^th December, 2012) for paper titled: “Hypopituitarism in patients with vasculotoxic snake bite envenomation related acute kidney injury: is it very uncommon?” (First author).
• Best poster presented at the 43^rd Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Nephrology, Ahmedabad, India (6-9^th December, 2012) for poster titled: “Safety of Outpatient percutaneous native kidney biopsy: experience in a large tertiary care centre in Eastern India.” (First author).
• Certificate of merit awarded at the the 9^th Conference on Kidney Disease in Disadvantaged Populations, A satellite conference of the WCN 2013, Hong Kong, China (4-5^th June, 2013) for poster titled: “Renal failure following vasculotoxic snakebites: a clinicopathological study.” (First author).
• Certificate of merit awarded at the the 9^th Conference on Kidney Disease in Disadvantaged Populations, A satellite conference of the WCN 2013, Hong Kong, China (4-5^th June, 2013) for free communication paper titled: “Safety and potential benefits of outpatient percutaneous native kidney biopsy in a developing country.” (First author).

LECTURES/TALKS:

1.      “Deceased donor kidney transplantation-post transplant recipient care”, presented during the symposia on deceased donor kidney transplantation (2012, October), at the Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Nephrology, East Zone, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. 

TAMANG GAL CROWNED 2ND IN MISS SIKKIM 2013 - PREETI YONZON

2nd Runners up Srijana Adhikari, Miss Sikkim Sneha Subba & First Runners up Preeti Yonzon

Contestant No. 19
 

21 Years Old Preeti Yonzon of Gangtok came 2nd in Miss Sikkim 2013. 5'10' gal is a Air Hostess in one of the reputed airlines. Miss Sneha Subba crowned as a winner of Miss Sikkim 2013 & Srijana Adhikari came in 3rd Place. Final event held at Manan Kendra, Gangtok in the presence of Former Speaker of  Sikkim Legislative Assembly Smt. Kalawati Subba on 8th.06.2013.

Preeti Yonzon