Iman Xin Chemjong

Iman Singh Chemjong Limbu; masanin tarihin Limbu ne, marubuci, masanin harshe, marubucin ƙamus, masanin gargajiya, kuma masanin falsafa na Nepal. Chemjong ya ba da dukan rayuwarsa ga karatu da rubuce-rubuce daban-daban na Kirat Limbu al'ada da al'adu a lokacin da irin waɗannan ayyukan suka yi watsi da su har ma da hukunta su daga masu mulkin Nepal a matsayin masu tayar da kayar baya da kuma "marasa kasa". Binciken Chemjong da kuma buga tarihin Kirant da al'adu ya kalubalanci ra'ayoyin koyarwar hukuma ta Nepalese wanda ya nuna Nepal a matsayin al'adun Hindu ba tare da madadin labaran ba.

 Ilimi 
Chemjong ya sami karatunsa a Kwalejin St. Xavier, Kolkata, sannan a karkashin Jami'ar Calcutta . A shekara ta 1928, ya kammala matakin takardar shaidarsa kuma yana gab da yin rajista don Digiri na farko, lokacin da mahaifinsa, Megbar Singh Chemjong, ya mutu. Chemjong ƙarami ya dakatar da burinsa na ilimi.

 Tasirin Farko 
A al'ada, Limbus ya kiyaye addinin da ake kira Mundhum wanda ke da alaƙa da al'adu da ayyuka. Koyaya, saboda daidaitawar Limbus cikin al'adun Hindu, yawancin Limbus sun ɗauki sunayen Hindu kuma sun fara shiga cikin bauta Hindu da bukukuwa.

Limbus bai taba yanke alakarsu da addininsu da al'adunsu masu arziki ba wanda ya koma zamanin d ̄ a. Tare da alloli Hindu Durga da Laxmi, Limbus ya ci gaba da bauta wa allahn su mafi girma Ningmaphuma. Ɗaya daga cikin masu bautar Limbu ita ce mahaifiyar Chemjong, Devapu Hangma . Addinin Limbu Mundum yana da wadataccen al'adun gargajiya na al'adun baki wanda ya haɗa da tauhidin Kirati, tatsuniyoyi, tarihi, asali, al'adu da al'adu, kuma samun uwa mai ibada ya ba Chemjong fa'ida ta musamman don koyon duk waɗannan.

Wani canji a rayuwar Chemjong ya zo ne a 1925, lokacin da mashahurin mai fafutukar Limbu Lalshore Sendang ya ziyarci Kalimpong a gundumar Darjeeling kuma ya sadu da dattawan Limbu da masu fafutuka. Chemjong na ɗaya daga cikin matasa da yawa na Limbu waɗanda suka koyi Rubutun Limbu Sirijonga daga Sendang kuma suka halarci jawabinsa game da addinin Limbu da al'adu.

 Sanarwa 
A cikin wata alama da ta saba wa akidar jihar, Sarki Mahendra ya gayyaci Chemjong don shiga Jami'ar Tribhuvan ta Nepal a matsayin "masanin Limbu" a 1961. Shekaru da yawa har zuwa mutuwarsa, Chemjong ya jagoranci ƙungiyar bincike ta mutum ɗaya a jami'ar Nepal kawai a lokacin. A cikin shekarun 1950 da 60, Iman Singh Chemjong sunan ne wanda ya yi tasiri da girmamawa da sha'awa. A matsayinsa na malami daga Darjeeling, iliminsa da sadaukarwarsa ga inganta al'adun Nepal ba su da wani abu. Sarki Mahendra na Nepal, ya fahimci iyawarsa, ya gayyaci Chemjong don taimakawa wajen gina haɗin kan Nepali. Ra'ayin sarki shine ya inganta haɗin kai da girman kai tsakanin kabilun da ke cikin masarautar, kuma Chemjong ya zama dan takara mai kyau don jagorantar wannan farfadowar ilimi da al'adu. A yau, al'ummar Limbu sun bazu a tsakiyar da gabashin Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim da Bhutan suna girmama Chemjong a matsayin jarumi don kusan bincike da hannu ɗaya da kuma rubuta fannoni daban-daban na rayuwar Limbu da Kirati a lokacin da ba a ƙarfafa waɗannan ayyukan ba ko kuma ba su da kyau. Ana gudanar da ayyuka daban-daban a kowace shekara don tunawa da gudummawar Chemjong.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1975
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1904