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Wachipa
	A typical serving of wachipa.
Course	Meal
Place of origin	Nepal
Region or state	Eastern Nepal, Sikkim, Darjeeling
Created by	Rai
Main ingredients	rice, chicken, burnt feathers, Damlapa flower

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Wachipa is a typical Kirat Rai People dish made with rice, minced chicken, and powder made out of burnt feathers of a chicken. The powder gives a unique bitter taste. Vegetarian wachipa is made by replacing meat with leaves or flowers of a plant called Damlapa, which is also bitter. It is eaten on special occasions. It is believed that consumption of wachipa cures body aches.^[1] It is called Wamik in Lohorung.

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^ Subba, Tanka Bahadur; Sinha, A. C. (2009). Indian Nepalis: Issues and Perspectives. p. 304. ISBN 978-8180694462.

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[1] Subba, Tanka Bahadur; Sinha, A. C. (2009). Indian Nepalis: Issues and Perspectives. p. 304. ISBN 978-8180694462.

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-'''Wachipa''' is a typical [[Kirat]]'''RaiPeople''' dish made with rice, minced chicken, and powder made out of burnt feathers of a chicken. The powder gives a unique bitter taste. Vegetarian wachipa is made by replacing meat with leaves or flowers of a plant called [[Damlapa]], which is also bitter. It is eaten on special occasions. It is believed that consumption of wachipa cures body aches.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Subba |first1=Tanka Bahadur | last2=Sinha |first2=A. C. |date=2009 |title=Indian Nepalis: Issues and Perspectives|pages=304|isbn=978-8180694462}}</ref> It is called ''Wamik'' in [[Lohorung language|Lohorung]].
+'''Wachipa''' is a typical [[Kirat]] [[Rai people|Rai]] People dish made with rice, minced chicken, and powder made out of burnt feathers of a chicken. The powder gives a unique bitter taste. Vegetarian wachipa is made by replacing meat with leaves or flowers of a plant called [[Damlapa]], which is also bitter. It is eaten on special occasions. It is believed that consumption of wachipa cures body aches.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Subba |first1=Tanka Bahadur | last2=Sinha |first2=A. C. |date=2009 |title=Indian Nepalis: Issues and Perspectives|pages=304|isbn=978-8180694462}}</ref> It is called ''Wamik'' in [[Lohorung language|Lohorung]].
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