Jhusia Damai ( झूसिया दमाई ) (1910–2005)^[1] was the great folk singer of Kumauni culture. He was born as a son of Ranuwa Dami in Baskot of Baitadi District of Nepal very close to Jhulaghat of Pithoragarh District of Uttrakhand and lived in Dhungatoil near Dharchula.