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Dashain Party and
Cultural Program
(A huge social
gathering with various cultural performance, dance,
music, dinner and more
on the occasion of the greatest Nepali festival)
Saturday, October 23, 2010; Pineridge Community Centre,
6024
Rundlehorn Dr. NE.
Calgary, AB.
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Participants:
Nepali community members and all others interested
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Teej Celebration
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The Nepali Women's festival,
Teej (Teej
ko dar khane, potluck party with teej cultural songs and dances), was
celebrated on
Saturday,
September 4, 2010;
Temple Community Hal, Calgary. More than one
hundred women were gathered with traditional costumes.
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Amod Rimal
hands a cheque from Shell Canada as donation to NCSC
 Mr.
Amod Kumar Rimal on behalf of Shell Canada, Calgary handed a
cheque of $1000 to NCSC President Mr. Jagdish Chapagai in a function
at NCSC office on May 3, 2010. The cheque was given as a donation from
Shell Canada to NCSC for purchasing sound system equipment. ..(more).
"My Country My Pride” an
Educational Program and Nepali New Year Festival - 2067
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An
educational program for youth and children
with the theme “My Country My Pride”
was held on Saturday April 10, 2010 on the auspicious occasion of
Nepalese New Year 2067. The function attended by about 350 community
members and guests was also graced by the presence of
Honorable Member of Parliament Mr. Devinder Shory. Essay and poem competition
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Diversity Mela
 On
March 27, 2010, some volunteers from NCSC participated in the
Diversity Mela organized by the Village Square Library. NCSC volunteer
team demonstrated some of Nepal's cultural and traditional pieces such
as kukuri, traditional utensils, attractive scenes and unique
arts and crafts (provided by Kathmandu Travel). There were 10
countries including ...(more)
NCSC participated in the Alberta
Legislature
 Nepalese
Community Society of Calgary (NCSC) attended the Alberta Legislature
for the support of ethno-cultural communities to Motion 505 that MLA
Teresa Woo-Paw was proposing to the Legislature. The one day program
“An Experience in the Alberta Legislature” was organized by
Ethno-Cultural
Council of Calgary (ECCC) on March 22, 2010
in Edmonton
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NCSC's Participation in Community
Voices on Racial Profiling
NCSC participated in an interaction program on
community voices on racial profiling . The program was organized
by Ethno-Cultural Council of
Calgary (ECCC) on March 23, 2010 as a celebration of the
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. In
the program initial
observations from the survey and focus group
study on racial profiling
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Annual General Meeting of
NCSC
 Annual General Meeting of Nepalese Community Society of
Calgary (NCSC) was held at
Center for Newcomers, Marlborough
on March 7, 2010.
It was at the end of the two year term of outgoing
executive committee
led by Dr Betman Bhandari who presented last two years' NCSC activities and achievements.
The general meeting
elected new
executive committee for next two years
led by Mr. Jagdish Chapagain...(more).
Calgary-Nepali Library Established
 Nepali Library (Ved-Sangraha) has been
established at the Office of Nepalese Community Society of Calgary (NCSC).
The library was formally inaugurated, in a special ceremony, by Dr.
Desh Subba, the then NCSC Advisor, and Lalita Singh of the United
Calgary on 28 February, 2010. The then President of NCSC Dr. Betman
Singh Bhandari wished the library be properly managed and utilized at
maximum. Ms. Shilu Ghimire, Coordinator of the library briefed a... (more)
Volunteer support for Wycliffe
(Calgary based Organization) in Nordegg to raise fund
 As
part of NCSC ongoing effort to encourage the society members to do
volunteer works for other Calgary based government and non government
organizations, 20 volunteers from NCSC were involved in Wycliffe’s
fund raising program “Race to 2025: Treasure in Asia” which was held
at Nordegg (near rocky mountain village) on February 14, 2010. NCSC
volunteer team installed... (more)
Mr. and Mrs Durga Prasad Limbu Honored
 Nepalese
Community Society of Calgary (NCSC) honored Mr. Durga Prasad Limbu and Mrs.
Rupa Limbu, life members to NCSC with Dosalla in recognition of their
dedication, selfless service and continuous support to the Community. Mr and Mrs Limbu have been an integral part of the NCSC
who put their own chores behind to serve the community (More).
Annual General Assembly
 Annual
General Assembly of NCSC was held at Pineridge Community Centre, NE, Calgary on
April 11, 2009. Dr Betman Bhandari (President, NCSC) presented the annual
report and future strategies of NCSC. Few of the achievements he explained
were the revisions of the NCSC’s statements of vision, mission and goals to
better reflect NCSC’s core purpose. Mr Naveen Subba (Treasurer) presented
the balance sheet (More)
Everest Rock N’ Roll Family
 DevGroup,
in coordination with NCSC, facilitated ‘Everest Rock N’ Roll families’
a Nepalese cultural program, which was supported by North of McKnight
community resource center on August 15th 2009 at Falconridge community
center (More).
“Know your Nepal”- One Day Educational
Program for Kids
 In
coordination with NCSC, DevGroup organized “Know your Nepal”- one day educational
program for kids aged 6 to 16 at the NCSC Office, Northeast Calgary on
Saturday 25th July 2009 (More)
Nepali Radio in
Calgary
The community radio program Matribhumi:
‘The flavor of motherland’ is on air at FM 94.7 every Sunday from 8 AM
to 9 AM. You can also listen to the radio at
WWW.fm947.com. Congratulations to Ram Mishra (Program coordinator),
Sameer Panday and Rojina Upadhyaya for successful launching of Matribhumi.
The program has been launched with objective to foster community
harmony, integration, friendship and unity in diversified community of
Calgary. Please provide Ram Mishra (403-764 9692) and the team members with
your feedbacks and suggestions for further improvement.
NRN-Canada Conference
Nepalese
Community Society of Calgary (NCSC) and Calgary Nepalese Community
Association (CNCA) hosted a day-long conference at the Temple
Community Association, 167 Templegreen Road NE, Calgary
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NCSC Dashain Festival 2009
Dashain, the main festival of Nepalese Hindus was
celebrated in pomp manner in a group attended by more than 300 members
and guests including Nepali speaking Bhutanese and 35 members of the
Engineers of the Brigade of Gurkhas, UK. The program was opened
up with dance competitions among youth and children for which the
winners were given away certificates and prizes. Skilful
performances of Khukuri dance by the Gurkhas and a
Bhutanese youth’s western hip-hop dance and artistic/dramatic
performances attracted the crowd. A desk of the Calgary Public Library
exhibited cultural and children’ books and provided free face painting
and issued membership cards to those who were interested. Members
of the organizing committee are thankful for making this event a
success. Members of the Brigade of Gurkhas, members of Bhutanese
and Calgary Public Library deserve special thanks for their
participation.
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Tihar Deusi
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NCSC Picnic at Bowness Park on July 11, 2009
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