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Sense of belongingness, trust and love to each other
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1. Nepalese New Year’s day. Nepalese community in
Fremont celebrates this festival with a colorful
program inviting every member of Nepalese community in
and around city of Fremont. Program has been
successfully conducted in the past multiple times with
greater enthusiasm and vigor.
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Sense of closeness and unity among Nepalese migrant
people
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1st day of the month of Vaishakha of Vikrama era,
usually the middle of April.
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Preserve the tradition of communal gathering and bring
unity among Nepalese women
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2.Teej or Haritalika.
Nepalese women visit Hindu temples this day to worship
gods and goddess especially lord Shiva and remain
fasting for long life and good health of their husband.
We have successfully organized the Teej musical and
dancing entertainment in the past. This program has
been one of the most successful program in the history
of our community.
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Successful integration and unity among Nepalese migrant
women and reconnection with family friends.
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Shravana Shukla Tritiya( 3rd day of the month of
Shravana of traditional lunar calendar, usually in July
or August.
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Cultural preservation
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3. Vijaya Dashami
The main socio-religious and national festival of Nepal
and the Nepalese community in the US
Nepalese people in Nepal and in the US celebrate this
week-long festival in memory of divine mother Durga’s
victory over demons. This week long program has special
way of celebrating at home and outside. We have
successfully organized this program every year in our
community. The senior members of each family members
gather at the community center to exchange greetings
and blessing to their loved ones and families. This
program will be continued in the years to come as well.
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Program accomplished with participation of more than
200 people. Unity in diversity was accomplished among
Nepalese migrant from different parts of Nepal.
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Ashvina Shukla Saptami to Ashvina Shukla Chaturdashi(
7th to 14 th da of the month o Ashvina of traditional
lunar calendar, usually in September
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Cultural preservation
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4 Tihar/Diwali
This is a festival of brothers and sisters, worship of
goddess of wealth (Laxmi), cow, bullock, dog and crow
popularly, known as Bhaitika, Laxmipuja, Gaitihar,
Gorutihar or Govardhanapuja, kukurtihar and kagtihar
respectively. Our community members celebrate this
program at home independently or in group in different
ways. The musical night of entertainment also called
Bhailo is played during this time.
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Program accomplished with live performance of musical
entertainment .Community members prepare a core members
of DJ who hop from one house to another house to play
the music and collect donation to the community
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Kartika Krishna Chaturdashi to Kartika Shukla pareva (
14th day of dark fortnight to 1st day of light of the
month of Kartika of traditional lunar calendar, usually
in October
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Preserve and maintain our inherited Nepalese language
to our future generation
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5.Biweekly Nepalese language literacy class to the kids
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Successful conduction of 12 sessions of classes. Most
Children have accomplished the skills to speak Nepalese
while rest have been cognizant about the needs to speak
Nepalese language to connect to each other.
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Continuous
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Ongoing donation to local nonprofit organization to
support our common objectives
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6. Donation to Local lions club to support their local
sports activities
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Supported local lions club in successfully organizing
and implementing sports activities at the local level.
Monetary donation and volunteering was provided.
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Continuous
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Ongoing humanitarian support and donation to local
migrant people
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7. Donation to a family member to support the funeral
expenditure
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Act of Altruism towards low income local migrants.
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Continuous
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