Rukum districts in the center of the magars homelands became known as the "Maoist heartland" and Kham Magars were prominent as footsoldiers of its guerrilla forces. Kham festivals Bhume Naach (Bal puja) is one of the ancient cultural festivals celebrated by the Kham Magar tribes of Rolpa and Rukum. The main celebration takes place during the first week of June. Kham Magars people dance very slowly in the Jholeni and Bhume dances, while Magars dance a fast dance, the Kaura dance. Currently Kham people worship their ancestors through animism and shamanism . References External links Govind P. Thapa, Magar Studies Center. Magar Studies Center Robert Gersony for Mercy Corps International, October 2003. International Resources Group, Washington, D.C., IRG Discussion Forum, #15. Augusta Molnar, American Ethnologist, 9:3 (August 1982). Siberian shamanistic traditions among the Kham Magars of Nepal David Watters, Contributions to Nepalese Studies, 2:1 (February, 1975), Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. John T. Hitchcock (1966) The Magars of Banyan Hill, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Ethnic groups in Nepal