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Bhuji Khola 2000

Haribān Kāmī, Bobang, Baglung District
Haribān Kāmī, who died in 2003 at the age of 57, was identified in the Bhujī Valley as the key student of Deorām Kāmī, a designation he accepted. Haribān was the son of Bhadramaṇī Kāmī, the son of Jaspatī Kāmī, whose wife was Deorām's sister. Haribān's teachers included not only Deorām, but also four other Bobāṅg jhāṅgrīs: Tulārām Kāmī, Lachabir Kāmī, Indrabir Kāmī, and Harkamān Kāmī. Of these, only Harkamān was still alive in 2000. Haribān's students include Purṇamān B. K, Pṛtvī Dhartī, Khale Dhartī, and Bhulle Pun, all of Bobāṅg. (NSOT2note2)


Haribān Kāmī recording with Keshav Poudel


Ginde Thāpā, Sukurdhunga, Bobang, 30-1-2000


Ginde Thāpā with his celās Tam Bahādur Adai (center right) and Dal Bahādur Adai (center left), 30-1-2000. Ginde's teacher was Mandev.


Ḍalle Kāmī
Ḍalle Kāmī was identified in the Bhujī Valley as a successful student of Deorām Kāmī. He is a great-nephew of Deorām's, the son of Saste Kāmī, son of Deorām's brother Siurām. Other than Deorām, Ḍalle had only one other teacher, Prasād Kāmī, of Serā, Rukum. He has two students, Bhim Bahādur B.K. and Lalikarṇa B.K., both of Bobāṅg. (NSOT2note280)


Shamans of Jajarkot


Karṇa Vīr Kāmī of Churī Village, Lahã, a leading shaman of Jājarkoṭ.


Gumān Kāmī of Syaulā Village, Jājarkoṭ's most prominent shaman until his death in 1990.