TAMU LHO-CHHAR “KHI LHO” CELEBRATED IN MELBOURNE

Date : Jan 21, 2018

Posted By : Admin

Event Description :

Tamu Samaj Victoria organized “Lho-Chhar 2018 (“Khi Lho”, Year of Dog) on Saturday, 30th December 2017 at Estonia House, 43 Melville Road, West Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. Full house of around 400+ Gurungs (Tamus) and other community members joined in from all over Victoria and interstate to bid goodbye to “Year of Bird” and welcome “Year of Dog”.

 

On big difference this year was that the program was held in the Saturday evening instead of Sunday afternoon as done in the previous years. The door opened at 3pm and the program finished by about 10pm. The program was divided into two main sections – first the formal program and second the cultural show. In the first part, we had Budhha pooja and blessings from Lama Dawa Lama; national anthems of Australia and Nepal; welcome speech by Secretary Ms Amrita Gurung; formal acknowledgement of VIP guests, overview of Tamu Samaj Victoria activities during 2017 and official announcement of Program start by President Mr Pahalman Gurung; short speeches and best wishes from VIP guests (Cheif Guest VMC Commissioner Dr Sundram Sivamalai, Special Guest Victoria Police Inspector Mr Brian Mathew, Consulate General of Nepal Mr Chandra Yonzon, and former NRNA Global President and MIT founder Dr Shesh Ghale. In the cultural show part, there were several traditional as well as modern Gurung/Nepali/English songs and dances performed from the wonderful in-house artists both kids and adults. Among all the stage performances, one particular “Jhaure” dance was applauded as the outstanding in its excellent emotional real performance making some of the attendees cry. We also had an honour of Movie director and talented artist in Mr Subash Gurung who showcased his dance and singing talent on stage to wow the audience. Note that Tamu Samaj Victoria had recently showed Mr Subash Gurung directed movie “Khai O Methayba” for the Cultural Centre fundraising. Also four Gurung graduates were recognized for their academic achievements in VCE and Higher Education. At the end, certificate distribution to artists, choreographers and sponsors, and Thank you note by the President concluded the program. Our professional photographers Mr Prasad Gurung, Mr Rupert Gurung and Mr Sunil Ramailo (Ramailo Photography) captured the red carpet moments and program highlights throughout the evening. The technical side of projector and sound system operation was handled by Mr Karna Rana (Oz Finance) and Mr Ashok Gurung. Masters of Ceremonies (MCs) were Mr Amrit Gurung, Mr Mabi Gurung, Mr Dhan Gurung, Ms Mohini Gurung, and Ms Merina Gurung. Overall coordination of the event was handled by secretary Ms Amrita Gurung.

 

Kind attendance from various Nepali community organization leaders also added a significant value to the program. We would like to thank Community Liaison Officer at State Government of Victoria Mr Parsu Sharma Luitel, NRNA Australia President Tonnou Ghothane, NRNA Victoria Coordinator Keshav Kandel, Magar Samaj Victoria President Mohan Rana; Tamang Society of Victoria representative, GNCV President Jum Bahadur Gurung, Coordinator of Lumbini Kapilvastu Global Campaign Mr Ram Kumar Shrestha for their valuable presence. On media side, thank you to My Nepal Television, Nepali Times Australia, Himalayan Kangaroo, and Melbourne Chautari who covered the program.

 

We would also like to thank our event sponsors “The Kathmandu Cottage”, “Oz Choice Finance” and “TWGG” for personal as well as financial support. Tamu Samaj Victoria also acknowledges the support from VMC (Victoria Multicultural Commission) throughout the year, especially for this event to make it happen successfully.

 

Thank you very much to all the volunteers, artists and committee members who started the preparation from several weeks ago to the day to get the event to a great finish line.

 

Lastly to all the Gurung as well as other community members who took their valuable Saturday time to join us and celebrate our biggest festival Lho-Chhar as one BIG family, thank you very much. It was for you, without your active attendance and participation, the program would not have been as grand as it was. Please follow up and stay tuned to our various communications channels such as website, email, facebook and viber.

 

Please feel free to contact any committee member for further information or any suggestion.

 

Thank you

Tamu Samaj Victoria