DID YOU MISS OUR SEPT 25 OPENING FESTIVAL? DON’T WORRY, WE CELEBRATE DASHAIN OVER MANY DAYS.
GREENSBORO, HIGH POINT & PIEDMONT COMMUNITIES, NORTH CAROLINA USA
TOMORROW: SATURDAY, OCT 1 AND SATURDAY, OCT 8
FROM OUR GREENSBORO BHUTANESE FRIENDS:
SATURDAY, OCT 1, starts 4 PM
BHUTANESE REFUGEES are among the newest additions to the already existing diverse Greensboro Community. Since the first family arrived in the middle of 2008, the community has grown up to almost 60 households comprising of around 300 people. Having grown in number, the need of an organized community has been felt and we all are working for it. As a start up to this long process, we are organizing an event to celebrate Dashain, one of the biggest festivals of the Bhutanese diaspora. So, on this auspicious occasion the Bhutanese Community of Greensboro would like to invite you to be a part of the celebration!
Organizing Committee
Bhutanese Community in Greensboro
Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit
3910 Yanceyville St.
Greensboro, NC 27405
Coming on Oct. 8! International soccer teams will engage in friendly competition in the spirit of community unity at the Greensboro city soccer field near the NC National Guard Armory (On Naco Road past Hairston Middle and Falkener Elementary Schools). Starts 10 AM.Come root for us! The event is free and open to the public.
• SEE SOCCER TEAMS & SCHEDULE
To Soccer Tournament Saturday, Oct 8, starts 10 AM
City Soccer Field (near the NC National Guard Armory on Franklin Blvd). From Franklin Blvd, turn left onto 3931 Naco Road Greensboro, NC 27401 and go past Hairston Middle and Falkener Elementary Schools. On the right will be Guilford County School Maintenance Yards. Turn left into the soccer parking field.
If you go to 4149 Naco Road, you've gone too far!
If you go to 4149 Naco Road, you've gone too far!
On Sunday, September 25, Dashain food, music and dance was opened to everyone at Greensboro's Caldcleugh Multicultural Arts Center.This first-time event succeeded beyond our expectations, with community members and guests coming from across the Piedmont. More than four hundred attended throughout the day. Everyone participated by organizing committees, transporting neighbors, helping in the kitchen or performing onstage. Families brought potluck dishes to complement the work of the food committee. Whether rich or poor, refugee or immigrant, Bhutanese or Nepalese, everyone contributed.
Members of the Triad Nepalese Community Center showed their strong support of a united Dashain celebration through their attendance and program participation.
When the jokes, songs, and dance began every laughed and clapped together.
United Dashain is about bringing family and community together. Dashain is the greatest festival of the Nepalese diaspora which includes Bhutanese and Nepalese people living here in the Triad. It is celebrated in Nepal and all over the world by people of Nepalese origin. Dashain brings all people together whether they are near or far from their homeland and unites them as one. It is a holiday of reconciliation and forgiveness. It enables families and communities to resolve past disagreements and differences and to end conflicts. Dashain represents the victory of good over evil.
Learn about our culture and people. Share with us. The Nepalese and Bhutanese communities represent about one thousand immigrants and refugees in the Triad area. Nepal and Bhutan are mountainous states astride the famed Himalayas.
Want to know more? Please call 336-707-0592
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Directions to the United Dashain Festival
Sunday, Sept 25, 12 PM- 8 PM
1700 Orchard Street Greensboro NC 27406
Caldcleugh is located south of University of North Carolina Greensboro and is easily reached from Glenwood Ave, W. Florida St, Freeman Mill Rd and Randleman Rd.
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