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yet another mysterious being in the Himalaya

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Ban Jhakri (Shaman of the Wilderness) yet another mysterious being in the Himalaya Many  stories and beliefs one encounters in the Himalaya includes Yeti the snowman, Wind Horse, Holy Mountain, self arisen deities in the rocks which once used to spoke and many other supreme phenomenon  that inspire some people and sounds mere story to some others.   Among such mysterious belief system based on a supernatural being is the belief of 'Ban Jhakri' which literally means 'shaman of the wild'.  Nepal, poor and politically very fragile country of current time is an oasis of different cultural groups that includes priestly tribe Bramhin of Hindus to untouchable groups and few dozens of Routes who don't have permanent homes and makes living in the nature by hunting and wandering in the jungles.  There are the Buddhist groups of Tibetan origin and Kirats who follows nature and ancestor worship cult defined in recent times as Kirant Religion.  Despite the difference if thei