Ke Negra Phakwa The Phamuk is a melody instrument of Limbus which includes three bamboo pipes each about 4 cm thick are attached together side by side. Phenjekom Puttungey Simikla Taa is made of brass, 25 cm in diameter and one pair of cymbals weighs one kilo. It is played by unmarried Limbu women in Ke Lang. Tetlafakwa Ting Tungeba Ungdung Yea Pongey Traditional sports For the Limbu people, Archery has always been considered as the main traditional sport. Archery often involves religious demonstrations and rituals. Historically, Limbu cavalry archers were important when resisting invasions before the pre-Nepal era. The word Limbu itself came from the word Lim-pfungh which in translation means "Shooting-Arrows" or "Act of archery". There are legends about the beginning of the Limbuwan–Gorkha War. In these legends, a Gorkha military general met a Yakthung hunter in a forest. When the general asked the hunter about his presence and what he was doing, the Yakthung hunter replied "Lim-pfungh". The Gorkha army later experienced the fierceness from the Yakthung -Tribes' horseback archers for years during the Limbuwan–Gorkha War. Thus, the name "Limbu" was recorded on the papers of the Gorkhas to describe the Yakthung people. However, after the success of the Gorkha invasion, horse breeding and keeping declined swiftly in Limbu territories. Bare-hand Wrestling has also been practised among the Limbu men during festivals. This was also used to settle personal matters after a festive drinking in which the losing wrestler would have to pay the winner by buying him a drink or inviting him to his house for a drink of traditional tongba . naːnt͡ɕʰiŋma is the term for wrestling in Yakthung-pan . Notable Limbu people See also Limbuwan History of Limbuwan Limbu Festivals Chasok Tangnam Kiranti languages Limbu language Sirijunga script Rambahadur Limbu Tongba beverage Limbu Clans and Tribes Kirat Yakthung Chumlung social organization Mundhum religion Ethnic groups in Nepal Ethnic groups in Bhutan Indigenous peoples of Sikkim References Further reading Perumal Samy P Limbu in LSI Sikkim Part-I Page Nos.219-293 Published by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi Population Census of Sikkim 2011 External links Limbu alphabet Limbu language www.limbulibrary.com.np - Online Library of Kirat books, history, short story, language, script etc. History of kirat - historian authored by Iman Singh Chemjong, Nepal. www.censusindia.gov.in Himalayan peoples Sino-Tibetan-speaking people Demographics of Nepal Ethnic groups in