Sonam Lhosar: "The main motive is to express your culture in a foreign land"

With Lunar New Year approaching, Buddhist communities of Nepal celebrate their own variations of the New Year. The Tamang community marks it as Sonam Lhosar. Listen to Manish Tamang and Sundorje Tamang - two community leaders from NSW and Victoria who speak about its significance, and how Nepali-language speakers in Australia are keeping the culture alive.

Sonam celebration 2022 celebration in Sydney, NSW, Australia. Source: Facebook / Tamang Society of Sydney - NSW/Photobook Australia

More on Lunar New Year celebrations from other Australian communities.

This report is available in Nepali language:

सोनाम ल्होसार: 'विदेशमा आफ्नो संस्कृति झल्काउनु मुख्य लक्ष्य हो'

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LISTEN TO

Melbourne's Sherpa community celebrating Gyalpo Lhosar 2020

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