"Identity" - Key focus for Nepali Indigenous event held in Sydney

Costume display during World Indigenous Day celebration organized by Sydney's Nepali community on 11 August 2018.

Costume display during World Indigenous Day celebration organized by Sydney's Nepali community on 11 August 2018. Source: Sunita Pokharel

Members of Australia's Nepali and Bengali Indigenous communities have come together in Sydney to celebrate their identity, traditions, and culture. Arun Tamang is the President of the Nepalese Indigenous Nationalities Forum Australia. He says the event coincided with the 24th International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Sunita Pokharel reports from the event.



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