Aama Bombo or Buddhi Maya Lama is a shaman in the Nepali Tamang tradition. Aama Bombo means "Mother Shaman." She is also a member of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers (IC13G).

Biography

Bombo was born in Melong and later moved to

Kathmandu Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...

after she was married at age sixteen. Following

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s at age 25, she believed that her dead father, who had taught her

shamanism Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into ...

as a child, was trying to leave her body. She began to practice as a

faith healer Faith healing is the practice of prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands) that are believed by some to elicit divine intervention in spiritual and physical healing, especially the Christian practice. Believers assert that the healing ...

afterwards. She is one of the first female shamans among the

Tamang people The Tamang people (; Devanagari: तामाङ; ''tāmāṅ'') are an ethnic group living in Nepal, Northeast India and southern Bhutan. In Nepal, they are concentrated in the central hilly and Himalayan regions and constituted over 1.6 mill ...

. She sees around 60 people a day at the Boudhanath Temple. Her work involves removing "bad spirits" from people, and she does not claim to cure

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. She also teaches students about spirituality and faith healing.

References

External links

Official site

Biography
in ''Grandmothers Counsel the World'' Living people Shamans People from Morang District Faith healers Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Nepalese women {{Reli-bio-stub