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आप्रबासमा तीज कार्यक्रम अझै चल्दै

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 11:05 AM PDT

अमेरिको पुर्व क्यारोलिनास्थित चारलोटमा पुर्नवाश भएका भुटानीले नेपाली नारीहरुको विशेष र्पव तीज नजिकैको हिन्दु मन्दिरमा नाचगानका साथ मनाएका छन् ।

पूर्वी क्यारोलिनामा सम्पन्न कार्यक्रमका सहभागीहरु फोटो /टीपी मिश्र

हिन्दु महिलाहरुको विशेष चाड तीज मनाउनुको उद्देश्य चाहिँ हिन्दुहरुको चाडपर्वलाई संरक्षण गर्नु हो भन्छन् आयोजक समितिका प्रमुख संयोजक हस्त प्रधान ।

अयोजकका अनुसार भुटानी पण्डितहरुले मध्यान्हपुर्वको कार्यक्रममा सांस्कृतिक नियमपूर्वक ऋषि पन्चमीको पूजा सम्पन्न गरेका थिए |

साझपख, २०० बढी हिन्दु महिलाहरुको उपस्थिति रहेको नजिकैको इण्डियन अमेरिकनहरुको  मन्दिरमा भब्यताका साथ नाचगान, गजल, हाइकु वाचन कार्यक्रमको रोमाञ्चकता थियो भने टेनिसीका भुटानी कलाकारले अधुनिक गीत प्रस्तुत गरी मनोरंजन दिलाएका थिए ।

कार्यक्रममा उपश्थिीत रहेका अतिथीहरुलाई भुटानी महिलाहरुले विविध नेपाली खानाको परिकारबाट कार्यक्रम समापन गरिएको आयोजकले बताएका छन् । सो स्थानमा ६०० बढी भुटानीहरुको बसोवास रहेको छ ।

उता पछिल्लो समय अरु विभिन्न स्थानहरुमासमेत तीज कार्यक्रम सम्पन्न भएको जानकारी प्राप्त भएको छ | न्यू योर्कस्थित भूटानी महिलाहरुले ऋषि पंचमीको अवसरमा सामुहिक स्नान कार्यक्रमको आयोजना गरेका थिए | त्यस्तै युथाहाको साल्टलेक सहरमा तीजको अवसरमा भव्य सांस्कृतिक कार्यक्रम सम्पन्न भएको जानकारी प्राप्त भएको छ |

 

Salt Lake Bhutanese mark Teej

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 10:38 AM PDT

Bhutanese in Salt Lake City, Utah celebrated Teej 2011 amidst special program at a local library community hall yesterday the September 3rd 2011, in south Salt Lake area.

Mrs Bhima Sapkota and Mr. Chudamuni Dulal of Women and Cultural Committee , Bhutanese Community in Utah(BCU) who jointly coordinated to organize the program to mark Teej 2011 informed BNS that the main purpose of organizing this program was to mark Teej, the biggest festival for Hindu women and to inform the local people and young generation about the importance of the festival.

The program that started at around 2:30pm local time yesterday fascinated more than 300 hundred Bhutanese and more than 50 locals. The president, Board of Director, Bhutanese Community in Utah(BCU), Hem Dulal, distributed badges to the invited guests, welcomed the gathering and briefed about the importance and background of Teej .

The Mayor of Salt Lake County Peter Corron,The Refugee Office Director, Gerald Brown,representatives from Department of Workforce Services, resettlement agencies, Hiring managers and family mentors were among the guests presented in the program. The BCU also honored the hiring managers presented in the program.

The founder president, Ghana Dulal briefed about the background of Bhutanese refugees and the plight they crossed through in the past. “We are very hard working and productive no matter what ever long time we spent in refugee camps in Nepal unproductively”, Dulal said targeting the employers presented in the function. He stressed on the evidences of the hard work as he said, “the proof of hard work is that so far 22 families bought houses in Salt Lake City”.

The cultural competition organised to entertain the guest was appreciated by all the gusts. The guests seemed enthusiastic to join the sangini sangini, a typical Nepali women dance, shown by the Bhutanese women.

The prizes to the participants of the competition were distributed by Hem Dulal ,the President of BCU. Dulal thanked the participants, organizers and the guests and to end the progrem the MC, Kubir Acharya, member the Board of Director, announced open sanginee group dance where most of the women attired in cultural dress participated.

Reported by Khem Kafle for BNS from Salt Lake City

Bhutanese in NC mark Teej

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 07:50 PM PDT

Bhutanese in Charlotte, North Carolina marked Teej amidst a special function at a Hindu Temple today.

Hindu women perfom puja. Photo/TP Mishra.

Chief Coordinator of the Organizing Committee, Hasta Pradhan, informed BNS that the program was organized to mark Teej, one of the biggest festivals for Hindu women, with an objective of preserving culture and tradition.

An estimated 200-plus Bhutanese gathered in a Hall at an Indian-American-run Hindu Temple to mark the festival.

According to the organizers, Bhutanese Pundit mainly focused the morning-phase program in performing Rishipanchami puja, in accordance with Hindu culture, tradition, while rest of others in the afternoon were entertaining ones.

Some local friends of Bhutanese in the area, who have been actively volunteering to assist refugees for local assimilation, representatives from local schools, among others attended the function.

Meanwhile, In Goode, a Tutoring Company, based here in Charlotte helped manage a 14-seater VAN free of costs to transport folks to the function venue.

A Bhutanese woman rocks the floor. Photo/TP Mishra.

"This was indeed a great support as those who could not manage the transportation on their own could make it with the support from the In Goode," added Pradhan.

Dances, solo songs, gazaal, haiku, among others were major attraction of the program. A Bhutanese artist, who joined the program from Tennessee, also presented a solo song.

Participants were also served with typical Nepali food after the completion of the program.

An estimated 600 Bhutanese dwell in Charlotte, NC.