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Volume 16 . Issue 72
The 300-member Canterbury Nepalese Society (CNS), which was established in 2015, is gearing up to celebrate the Hindu New Year 2074 in Christchurch on April 14.
Mr Bishnu Pokhrel, President CNS noted, “By organizing this event we aim to showcase our Nepalese culture to the wider community. That day, we will have a Nepalese fashion show flaunting traditional Nepalese dresses, followed by traditional Nepalese dances and other cultural performances, and of course, not to mention mouth-watering Nepalese cuisine.”
Also, one day earlier, on April 13, the Nepal New Zealand Friendship Society of Canterbury (NNZFC) is organising the NNZFC Nepali New Year 2074 at Linfield Cultural Recreational Sports Club.
“This year's celebrations are special as it marks few milestones in NNZFC's journey. Ten years of our weekly radio program 'Namaste Nepal', ten years since we published our first annual magazine 'Namaste Nepal', and ten years of our Nepali language classes. We will be releasing the annual 'Namaste Magazine' followed by cultural performances,” informed Mr Saurab Gautam, Joint Secretary of NNZFSC.
In Nepal, much like in North India, the traditional lunar Hindu calendar is followed, with this year been the Hindu New Year 2074 or Vikram Nav Varsh Samvant 2074. This so because it is believed that Vikram Era was started by King Vikramaditya in 57 BC as a commemoration of his victory over the Shaks. That's how the Hindu calendar came to be known as Vikram Samvant after Vikramaditya. According to the Hindu calendar, the New Year is the first day after no moon in the month of Chaitra, which this year began on March 29.
The 300-member Canterbury Nepalese Society (CNS), which was established in 2015, is gearing up to celebrate the Hindu New Year 2074 in Christchurch on April 14.
Mr Bishnu Pokhrel, President CNS noted, “By organizing this event we aim to showcase our Nepalese culture to the wider community. That...
The 300-member Canterbury Nepalese Society (CNS), which was established in 2015, is gearing up to celebrate the Hindu New Year 2074 in Christchurch on April 14.
Mr Bishnu Pokhrel, President CNS noted, “By organizing this event we aim to showcase our Nepalese culture to the wider community. That day, we will have a Nepalese fashion show flaunting traditional Nepalese dresses, followed by traditional Nepalese dances and other cultural performances, and of course, not to mention mouth-watering Nepalese cuisine.”
Also, one day earlier, on April 13, the Nepal New Zealand Friendship Society of Canterbury (NNZFC) is organising the NNZFC Nepali New Year 2074 at Linfield Cultural Recreational Sports Club.
“This year's celebrations are special as it marks few milestones in NNZFC's journey. Ten years of our weekly radio program 'Namaste Nepal', ten years since we published our first annual magazine 'Namaste Nepal', and ten years of our Nepali language classes. We will be releasing the annual 'Namaste Magazine' followed by cultural performances,” informed Mr Saurab Gautam, Joint Secretary of NNZFSC.
In Nepal, much like in North India, the traditional lunar Hindu calendar is followed, with this year been the Hindu New Year 2074 or Vikram Nav Varsh Samvant 2074. This so because it is believed that Vikram Era was started by King Vikramaditya in 57 BC as a commemoration of his victory over the Shaks. That's how the Hindu calendar came to be known as Vikram Samvant after Vikramaditya. According to the Hindu calendar, the New Year is the first day after no moon in the month of Chaitra, which this year began on March 29.
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