Magar culture

Nepalese festival

Jelbang, also known as Jelbang, is a name of Nepalese village in Rolpa District of the Lumbini Province, and is situated at the Southern Part of the Jaljala Hill Rolpa. 2021 Nepal census it had a population of 3037 people living in 568 individual households. The town is populated by Magars.

Maruni is a Nepalese folk dance of the Magar community. It is popular in Nepal and Nepalese diasporic communities of Bhutan, India (Darjeeling, Assam, Sikkim) and Myanmar. It is one of the oldest and most famous dance of the Nepalese community residing in these regions, originally danced as part of Dashain and Tihar festival. Dressed colorfully with rich ornaments, the dancers dance to commemorate "the victory of good over evil", accompanied by the traditional Nepali Naumati Baja orchestra.