In this museum, which is managed by women, you can get a thorough understanding of the Gurung community
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Humkumari from Sikles teaches at Annapurna High School in Gurung village. Apart from this, she has another identity in the village - 'Chairman of the Museum'. The museum is filled with the lifestyle, culture and traditional items of the Gurung community in Sikles. Humkumari is the chairperson of this museum management sub-committee.
There are two features of 'Eco Museum Cycles' located in Madi Rural Municipality-1. First, here you can understand the Gurung community in detail. Secondly, the management of this museum has been entrusted to women.
The museum was established on 071 Baisakh 1 with the support of Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP). Since its inception, 15 women of the village have been managing it under the leadership of Humkumari. The museum is under the Conservation Area Management Committee under ACAP.
Gehendra Gurung, secretary of the committee, says that women are in charge of the museum because the leaders of other organizations in the village are mostly men. All organizations and committees of Sikles were dominated by men. Let's go in a new way, we made a sub-committee to let women or mothers group operate,' he says, 'We put women in the management.' Similarly, Nandkala Gurung, Hemadevi Gurung, Rupa Gurung, Ausuba Gurung, Kusma Gurung, Mensuba Gurung, Santoshi Gurung, Muna Gurung, Indrakumari Gurung, Sita Periyar and Lilima Gurung are among the members.
Out of 15 people, President Humkumari, Vice President Jamuna, Treasurer Gesuba, members Hema, Ausuba, Rupa, Nandkala, Mensuba, Kusma were teaching in Annapurna Mavi at that time. At that time, Man Bahadur Gurung (currently a member of the House of Representatives) and the village leader entrusted the management to the teachers as the people involved in the teaching profession are knowledgeable and understanding.
"Initially there were 8/9 teachers in the committee, now some have gone out of the village, now there are only 6 teachers in the committee," says chairperson Humkumari. She told that the meeting of the committee is held once in two months. She asked ACAP three months ago to form a new committee as it has been working for 10 years. But she said that ACAP did not want to bring a new leadership because it was better for the teachers to be in the committee. Everyone in the
committee is in the age group of 30 to 50 years. In the museum, traditional measuring instruments Tame Mana, Tame Pathi, Ane Ane (Dungro), Dharni, Scales, musical instruments such as Flute, Flute, Sarangi, Narsinga, Dhol are also kept. Reti (tools used for sharpening tools), Syai (tools for cutting wool), Khurpito, Ghan, Gurung Vansha, Lama Guru Pacyu, Ghyabri, Jhamta, Dhol, Dhangro are placed on the first floor.
Museum manager Kristi Gurung, who is also the secretary of the sub-committee, said that about 300 types of items related to the Gurung community are kept in the museum. She told that all the materials were collected from the villagers at the initiative of ACAP and Conservation Area Management Committee Sikles.
Helicopter 063, carrying conservationist Dr. Chandra Gurung, crashed on October 7 in Ghunsa, Taplejung. A separate room has been built on the second floor of the museum in memory of Gurung and Mingma Norbu Sherpa who lost their lives in the accident.
There are photos and passports of their speeches on foreign platforms, traveling, meeting with high-ranking officials. In coordination with Gurung's family, the clothes, cameras, poems and songs he used, the awards he received are also kept in the museum.
Dolls found throughout Madi rural municipality are also collected. Gurung, the manager, said that most of the students come to see the museum. "The new generation has not seen the old stuff, we have preserved those things in the museum," she said.
The house that houses the museum was built by Acap 23 years ago. There were ACAP meetings, photo exhibitions, documentaries and film exhibitions. According to the plan of the conservation area management committee, the same house was given the form of a museum in 071.
Acap allocates a budget for annual maintenance. Apart from that, other expenses will be spent from the fees collected for museum entry, said Kristi, the manager. In the current financial year, ACAP has allocated 1 lakh 50 thousand rupees for dyeing. She said that the work of painting the museum building is being done from this budget. To visit the
museum, a fee of Rs 150 is charged for foreigners, Rs 50 for Nepalis and Rs 30 for students. Dressed in Gurung costume, tourists approach the museum to take pictures. 150 rupees is charged for wearing Gurung dress. Gurung informed that 2 thousand 39 people visited the museum till February of the current financial year. According to him, this number is the most since the establishment of the museum.
'In 10 years, 2000 people had not come every year. This year, 2,000 people have come here in 8 months," she said. Last year, 1,700 people visited the museum.
