Kinema is an indegenous fermented soybean food prepared mostly by the Limbu and Kirat People of the Eastern Himalayan Region what is now Eastern Nepal and Darjeeling, kalimpong and Sikkim regions of India.The word 'Kinema' is believed to be derived from the tribal Limbu language 'kinambaa', where 'ki' means fermented and 'nambaa' It is a traditional food of the Limbu people.