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

Sonam celebration 2022 celebration in Sydney, NSW, Australia.

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

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.


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

SBS Nepali

10/01/202318:34
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Melbourne's Sherpa community celebrating Gyalpo Lhosar 2020 image

Melbourne's Sherpa community celebrating Gyalpo Lhosar 2020

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28/02/202006:03

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