Lepcha Elders Inspect Documents

Elders from the Lepcha community look at written documents during a gathering during which they celebrate their culture and language while discusing their loss of identity, on 18th June 1995, in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. The Lepcha are also called the Rongkup meaning the children of God and the Rong, Mutunci Rongkup Rumkup "beloved children of the Rong and of God"), and Rongpa are among the indigenous peoples of Sikkim, India and number between 30,000 and 50,000. Many Lepcha are also found in western and southwestern Bhutan, Tibet, Darjeeling, the Mechi Zone of eastern Nepal, and in the hills of West Bengal.

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Elders from the Lepcha community look at written documents during a gathering during which they celebrate their culture and language while discusing their loss of identity, on 18th June 1995, in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. The Lepcha are also called the Rongkup meaning the children of God and the Rong, Mutunci Rongkup Rumkup "beloved children of the Rong and of God"), and Rongpa are among the indigenous peoples of Sikkim, India and number between 30,000 and 50,000. Many Lepcha are also found in western and southwestern Bhutan, Tibet, Darjeeling, the Mechi Zone of eastern Nepal, and in the hills of West Bengal.