{"id":14340,"date":"2017-07-27T22:28:24","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T16:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techlekh.com\/?p=14340"},"modified":"2017-08-14T11:33:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T05:48:08","slug":"majipal-lakhay-nepali-animated-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techlekh.com\/majipal-lakhay-nepali-animated-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"“Majipa: Lakhay” Nepali Animated Movie Teaser Released"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"majipaYantrakala Studios<\/a> has announced their next project, an animated movie on the “Majipa: Lakhay”. This announcement was recently made with a two-and-half-minute teaser launched at the Microsoft Innovation Centre, Kathmandu.<\/p>\n

The movie is to be based on a play of the same name, “Majipa: Lakhay’<\/a>, by Satya Mohan Joshi. It will depict the glory of Lakhay with Jung Bahadur Rana\u2019s trip to England as its backdrop.<\/p>\n

The Majipa is a devil-like creature called\u00a0lakhey\u00a0in Nepalese folklore. He is also known as the peaceful\u00a0Bhairava (\u0936\u093e\u0928\u094d\u0924 \u092d\u0948\u0930\u0935). The dance of this lakhey takes place only during the week of the full moon of the month of Yenlaa of the\u00a0Nepal Sambat calendar. The stark red mask and positively terrifying demeanor have made the Lakhay one of the most photographed and published cultural images of the Valley.<\/p>\n

Yantrakala Studios gained popularity with Nepal\u2019s first animated feature film called The Legend of Shankhadar. The Legend of Shankhadhar tells the story about a Nepalese hero\u00a0Sankhadhar Saakhwa, and how he had started the\u00a0Nepal Sambat.<\/p>\n

Watch the Majipa: Lakhay teaser:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n