Tharu Cultural Museum and Research Center

The Tharu Culture Museum offers visitors a glimpse of Tharu culture and traditions they perform that are fast disappearing in the Tharu community. The museum harbors a mosaic of cultural traditions of the Tharu people during the three periods of their lifecycle - pre-marital, marital and post marital. It offers visitors a unique opportunity to view existent Tharu community along the way to the museum, where the museum showcases culture and traditions as a replica.

Damphu Dance

 

It contains a wealth of information regarding the Tharu's culture and traditions that are depicted in paintings and display materials that are showcased in the museum. It presents agricultural practices and various rituals performed by the community during their lifecycle accompanied by displayed antiquates, equipments, instruments etc.

The museum consists of a Gurau clinic. A Gurau is a traditional healer in the Tharu community. The clinic is managed by a Gurau group under the Chitwan Tharu Traditional Knowledge Management Group. The visitors have a unique opportunity to be acquainted with the traditional healing practices of the Tharu community. The Tharu community is known for the diversity in hea ling methods and practices in their community.

Kitchen

In the periphery of the museum, a medicinal plant nursery has been established that harbors diversity in plant species that are used by the local healer for medicinal purposes. The other features of the museum include a souvenir shop that sells handicrafts made by a Tharu women group of Bachhauli VDC, who are particularly known for their distinctive weaved baskets and woodwork.