As a founder member of Tamu Pye Lhu Sangh and the first director of the Kohinbo Museum I was delighted to see the review of our museum in your paper ('Museum town', #255). But it contained some inaccuracies. Tamu Pye Lhu Sangh was founded in 1990 and our museum was opened in 1997. It provides a guide to Tamu cultural heritage and in particular to our shamanic traditions. It does not offer 'a detailed description of the different subclasses of the Tamu people'. This statement is a misrepresentation of our exhibition and has the potential to create bad feelings. There are different clans in Tamu society, all of whom are equal but there are no 'subclasses'.

Yarjung K Tamu,
director, Tamu Pye Lhu Sangh Museum, Pokhara.