Sakela (also Sakewa or Sakenwa) (Nepali: साकेला) is one of the main festival of Khambu (Rai people), an ethnic group indigenous to Eastern Nepal and Sikkim, Kalimpong, and Darjeeling regions of India.

Sakela Ubhauli is celebrated during Baisakh Purnima (full moon day in the month of Baisakh) and Sakela Udhauli is celebrated during the full moon day in the month of Mangsir.

In this festival the Rai people honour Bhumi dev, an Earth goddess.

[4] Among Kirats, Sunuwar and Rai celebrate this festival, whereas the Yakkhas and the Limbus have their own Youchyang and Chasok Tangnam.

Despite important local variations, indigenists view these dances as specific as well as common to all Kirat.