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नर्वेका भूटानीले उल्लाशकासाथ तीज मनाए

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 03:22 PM PDT

एउटा विशेष कर्यक्रमकामाझ नर्वेका भूटानी महिलाहरुले हर्षोल्लाशका साथ तीज मनाएका छन् |

कार्यक्रम भिन्दाफ्योर्ड नगरपालिकाको ओलेन नगरमा भएको थियो,जहाँ चार परिवार भूटानीहरु बस्दछन् | "यो एउटा भेटघाट कार्यक्रम थियो | कार्यक्रम विशेषतः बालबच्चाहरुले आफ्नो संस्कृतिका बारेमा जानुन् भनेर आयोजना गरिएको हो," कार्यक्रम आयोजक मध्येकी एक हेमा ढुंगेलले भूटान समाचार सेवासंगको फोन कुराकानीमा भनिन् |

कार्यक्रम सकेपछि फोटो खिचाउँदै सहभागीहरु | फोटो/चन्द्रा क्षेत्री

करिव एक दर्जन नर्वेली अतिथिसमेत गरी करिव चार दर्जन सहभागीहरुले नेपाली खाना, तीज नृत्य र तीज मनाउनुको औचित्य र महत्वसम्बन्धि वक्तव्यको मज्जा लिएका थिए |

"हामी चारवटा छुट्टाछुट्टै नगरपालिकामा छरिएकाले कार्यक्रम आयोजना गर्न निक्कै कठिन भयो तारा हमीले कार्यक्रम सफल बनायौं", अर्की एक सहभागीले गर्वका साथ भनिन् |

तीजलाई हिन्दु नारीहरुले नारी मुक्ति र गौरवको पर्वका रुपमा मनाउने गर्दछन् | यस पर्वलाई पौराणिक कालमा भएको भगवान श्री महादेव र पार्वतीको मिलनको कथासँग पनि जोडिन्छ | विवाहित तथा अविवाहित महिलाहरुले यस चाडलाई त्यागपूर्वक मनाउने गर्दछन् | चाडको प्रमुख दिन बुधबार मात्र भए पनि सहभागीहरुले सप्ताह अन्तको अवसर परी मनाएका हुन् |

तेश्रो देश पुनर्बास कार्यक्रम सुरु भएयता पश्चिम नर्वेको यस भागमा करिव सात दर्जन भूटानीहरु पुनर्बासित भइसकेका छन् |

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Teej celebration kicks off in Norway

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 02:29 PM PDT

Amidst a special function today, Bhutanese women in Norway celebrated teej festival with gusto.

The program was organished in Ølen, a town in Vindafjord Kommune, which hosts four Bhutanese families. "It was more like a get-together program. The program was mainly organized to let the younger generation learn about our culture", Hema Dhungyel, one of the organizers from Ølen told BNS over telephone.

Participants pose after the program. Photo/Chandra Chhetri

About four dozen participants, who included about a dozen Norwegian guests, enjoyed the moment with cultural Nepali food, Nepali Teej dances and some speeches highlighting the meaning and importance of this typical Nepali festival.

"Because we are scattered in four different Kommunes, organizing the program was a difficult task but we made it possible," another participant said in a happy tone.

Teej – 'the festival of swings' is celebrated with gusto and fervor by Hindu people. The festival of Teej commemorates the reunion of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. Married women and young girls celebrate the festival with earnest devotion. Though the main feast day is on Wednesday, the participants took a chance to celebrate this festival during the week-end.

About seven dozens Bhutanese have made Rogaland, a county-municipality in western Norway, as their destination through third country resettlement program.

Reported by Ramesh Gautam from Norway

HSI to help street dogs

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 07:16 AM PDT

The Animal Rescue Site and Humane Society International (HSI) have partnered together to helping the street dogs of Bhutan.

The Humane Society International will be working three-to-five years to relieve estimated 50,000 Bhutanese dogs. Until today, HSI staff have been successful in treating over 16,800 dogs.

The shoppers can make a donation at the The Animal Rescue Site that has added a "Spray/Neuter A Street Dog" Gifts That Give More program. This donation will actually be available to the Humane Society International that will go ahead with the nationwide spray program in Bhutan.

Whatever the donation is collected, it will be donated to charity as a grant from nonprofit, GreaterGood.org.

The Animal Rescue Site has already partnered with greaterGood Network and the humane Society International to help animal rescue group in Japan. It was successful in collecting a little over $200,000 that will be enough to help rescue animals through 2012.

For the last eleven years, the GreaterGood Network has succeeded in contributing more than $20 million to charity worldwide.