Dear: Friends and Members
Tashi Delek! Happy Losar Year of the Earth Mouse 2008. Join us as we celebrate with you and other outstanding community members at our annual Seattle Sherpa Society's Losar Celebration. You won’t want to miss this exciting evening with the famous Nepali pop singer Raju Lama, as well as our local talented Nepali folk singer Ang Gelu Sherpa, Sita Gurung and a very exciting group of Nepalese dancers from Western and Eastern Washington. Don't miss the entertainment! Date: Feb 9, 2008
Time: 6:30pm-2:00am
Location: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, in West Seattle
Click here for location information: http://www.youngstownarts.org
 Event program:
Slide show of the Himalayas of Nepal
Various cultural and traditional programs
Ethnic food and cuisine from Nepal
Nationally recogized top performing artist from Nepal
Sherpa and Nepali dancing until 2:00AM
Entrance Fee: $20.00/Person, Children under age 10: Free
Students $15:00 with student ID
Dinner: 6:30 PM-7:30 PM
Sherpa & Nepali Cultural Show: 7:00 PM
Open dance floor: until 2:00 AM
Driving Directions
Youngstown is easily accessible by Metro bus:
Metro routes 120 and 125 stop directly in front of the building and connect to downtown in 10 minutes. Route 120 also connects south to Burien while 125 connects Youngstown with Capitol Hill when it switches to Route 11 as it goes through downtown and to South Seattle Community College as it heads to White Center.
Visit Metro Online or call Metro at 206.553.3300 for additional information.
Youngstown is just a short drive from downtown Seattle:
From Interstate 5 or State Route 99, take the West Seattle Bridge Exit. Take the Delridge Way SW (South Seattle Community College) Exit. Turn Left into the Youngstown Cultural Center parking lot just past SW Genesee Street at 4408 Delridge Way SW.
The Youngstown Cultural Arts Center offers free parking.
Feb 9th, 2008 - Northwest Sherpa Association Presents:
Sherpa Lhosar 2135 Chiwa-Lo
Northwest Sherpa Association
is
Celebrating
Sherpa Lhosar(new year) 2135 Chiwa-Lo (year of mice)
Night
on
February 9th, 2008 at 5:00 PM
At:
The Rocking HorseÂ
Dance Barn
11820 150th Ave SE
Renton, WA 98059
425-255-9211
Price:
Free Under 10 Years
$15.00/Students
$25.00/Person
Dinner: 6:30 PM-7:30 PM
Sherpa & Nepali Culture Show: 7:00 PM
Open Floor Dance: Till 1:00 AM Driving Directions
July 21, 2007 - NAO Portland Presents:
Table Tennis Tournament
Dear members & friends of Nepal
Seattle Society,
As you all know that Nepali Association of Oregon is
going to host
"3rd Himalayan Friendship Table Tennis Tournament 2007"
at Portland on 21st of July, 2007 Saturday. Here are the
rule & flyer for this tournament. Pls let our co-ordinator
know about your participation for this event ASAP. We
are looking forward to see you all at the time of event.
Any question, pls do not hesitate to contact me @
503-329-2859 (C) or 503-533-5572 (H).
May/June/July, 2007 - NSS Proudly Sponsors "3 Summits for
Nepal"
May 4, 2007 - Faces of Hope: A
film screening by Crooked Trails
Faces of Hope: A film
screening of the documentary- The Day My God Died. A
fundraiser to combat child sexual slavery
May 4th, at The Mary Gates Hall at UW Campus Seattle.
7-9pm doors open at 6:30, Cost: $10.00
Fees benefit Maiti Nepal-an orphanage that rescues girls
from lives in sexual slavery. Presented by Crooked
Trails
The Day My God Died is a feature-length documentary that
presents the stories of young girls whose lives have
been shattered by the child sex trade. They describe the
day they were abducted from their village and sold into
sexual servitude as, ?The Day My God Died.?
The film provides actual footage from the brothels of
Bombay, known even to tourists as ?The Cages,? captured
with ?spy camera? technology. It weaves the stories of
girls, and their stolen hopes and dreams, into an
unforgettable examination of the growing plague of child
sex slavery.
Through the film we come to know victims such as Gina,
sold into sex slavery at age 7 and beaten with sticks
and aluminum rods. Anita, lured by a friend then drugged
and sold at age 12, was beaten and threatened that she
would be buried alive. Girls are gang-raped, beaten and
forced to service up to 20 clients a day as they are
held in perpetual sexual servitude.
The film also introduces us to the heroes of the
movement to abolish child sex slavery ? non-profit
organizations which rescue and care for former sex
slaves. Some victims have emerged to form their own
underground railway out of slavery. Maili, trafficked at
19 along with her infant daughter, risks her life to
help other girls. We see Jyoti, sold at age 12, lead a
raid on a brothel resulting in the rescue of seven girls
and the arrest of two brothel owners.
Children are the commodity consumed by the voracious and
sophisticated international sex trade. Recruiters
capture them, smugglers transport them, brothel owners
enslave them, corrupt police betray them and customers
rape and infect them. Every person in the chain profits
except for the girls, who pay the price with their
lives. Sexual servitude is a virtual death sentence. In
Bombay alone, 90 new cases of HIV are reported every
hour and the girls suffer an 80% HIV/AIDS infection
rate.
The Day My God Died documents the tragedy of child
sexual slavery and profiles the courageous abolitionists
that need our support. This event is presented by
Crooked Trails, a Seattle based non-profit tourism
organization founded by two Seattle women who believe in
improving the ecological, cultural and economic
conditions around the world by changing the way people
travel. Visit us at
www.crookedtrails.com.
Crooked Trails thanks the University Of Washington
Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center for their
sponsorship of this event.
April 7 - 21, 2007 - A Journey through the backdoor of Dharamsala,
India
Tibetan Nuns Project Presents
Through the Eyes of Tibetan Nuns A Journey through the backdoor of Dharamsala, India
April 7 - 21, 2007
Are you interested in visiting India this year? Would
you like to see the sites and sounds of Dharamsala
through the eyes of Tibetan nuns?
Tibetan Nuns Project (TNP) in association with Crooked
Trails (a non-profit travel organization) are planning
to offer our friends and supporters a unique opportunity
to visit India. The trip will feature a short stay in
Delhi, quality time with the nuns in Dharamsala as well
as a special invitation by our director Rinchen Khando
Choegyal, to have a private tour of the Tibetan
Government in Exile offices and meet with the Ministers
of government along with visits to Namgyal Monastery ?
the monastery where the Dalai Lama resides and other
important organizations maintaining Tibetan culture in
exile. A few of those organizations will include the
Tibetan Children?s Village, the Tibetan reception
offices where refugees first check in upon their arrival
to Dharamsala. On the way back to Delhi we will visit
the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the most important
religious site for the Sikh people of the Punjab and
around the world.
PLEASE NOTE:
THIS TRIP IS LIMITED TO 8 PEOPLE - DEADLINE FOR
REGISTRATION WILL BE FEB. 28, 2007
Please contact us if you are interested in receiving a
detailed itinerary and costs.
Tibetan Nuns Project
619 Western Ave. # 22
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone (206) 652-8901
Email: tnpusa@igc.org
March 16-18, 2007 - Aaina Film
Festival 2007
Tasveer and Chaya
co-present the "Aaina Film Festival - March 16 to 18,
2007"
In honor of International Women's Month, Chaya and
Tasveer have teamed up to bring you the Aaina Film
Festival, which will be held in Seattle, Washington,
March 16-18, 2007. Aaina focuses on the lives of South
Asian women, both in the United States and abroad. This
is Aaina's 2nd year and highlights include the premiere
of "Yoni ki Baat" - the South Asian vagina monologues,
visiting filmmaker and activist Shonali Bose, and
Nepalese dancer and filmmaker Sangita Shresthova. Join
us for a weekend of honoring South Asian women during
the International Women's Month of March. All the events
and screenings will happen at the beautiful Central
Cinema located at 1411 21st Ave, Seattle WA 98122.
There is a suggested donation payable at the door for
each event/showing:
Opening night: $5 ($8 for both events)
Daytime shows: $5
Evening (after 6pm) shows: $7
January 27, 2007 - Ang Dorjee Sherpa to speak in Richland/WA
October 22, 2006 - 2nd South Asian Fest @ Barnes & Noble, Bellevue
2nd Annual South Asian
Fest, Celebrating Diwali/Tihar
At Downtown Bellevue Barnes & Noble
Sun, Oct 22, from 2-4 pm
* Ethnic music, dance & drama: Leela
Kathak, India Association of Western Washington,
Ragamala, Pratidhwani
* Author Talks: Anjali Banerjee (her new
adult novel, Invisible Lives, and her children's novel,
Looking for Bapu) and Uma Krishnaswami (The Broken Tusk:
Stories of the Hindu God Ganesha, and her children's
picture book, Bringing Asha Home), flying all the way
from New Mexico
* Mehndi (henna) for the kids
* And, of course, sweets!
All are welcome! Family fun! Free!
*** Brenda Gurung Community Relations Manager, Field Trainer
Barnes & Noble Downtown Bellevue WA
626 106th Ave NE, Bellevue WA 98004
Direct: 425-453-7958, Store: 425-451-8463
crm1915@bn.com
Fax: 425-451-4083
October 21, 2006 - Crooked Trails Fall Fundraiser 2006
Crooked
Trails Fall Fundraiser 2006 - Celebrating Cultural
Diversity!
For detailed
information:
http://www.crookedtrails.com
October 14, 2006: Charya Nritya - the sacred dance of Nepal
Dance Mandal presents
Charya Nritya ? the sacred dance of Nepal
Seattle Premiere
An Evening of Exciting Dances from Nepal and India October 14th, 7pm, $20 Ethnic Cultural Theater
3931 Brooklyn Ave NE
Seattle WA 98105
Dances will be selected from the following:
Avalokiteshwara (a solo dance of the God of universal
compassion), Manjushri, Singha Mukhi (lion-faced Dakini),
Amoghasiddhi and Tara (a couple dance of mutual respect
and harmony), and Vajrapani, a solo depicting a wrathful
protector deity.
About the Dance Mandal: Prajwal founded Dance Mandal in 1996 in
Kathmandu for the preservation and expansion of Charya
Nritya and the related traditions of music and making of
costumes and masks. It is now possible not only to
observe this sacred art, rich with symbolism and
meaningful gestures, but also to learn this unique form
of dynamic meditation. In recent years Prajwal moved
from Nepal to the United States, settling in Oregon. At
Dance Mandal in Portland he offers education in his
tradition of sacred dance and music through classes and
performances, in order to enrich other's cultural and
religious world view and also as a vehicle for bodily
and spiritual transformation. Prajwal is joined in
Seattle by his students from Dance Mandal, Helen Appell
and Brenda Harris.
Also presenting:
Monica Cooley and Kala Nivedanam Dance Company present
Subhaashitam: Parables from India
Performers: Monica Cooley, Arthi Reddy and Vandana Botta
Monica Cooley and Kala Nivedanam present a new work
entitled, ?Subhaashitam: Parables from India." This work
explores universal values such as friendship, honesty,
thoughtfulness, respect and unity using stories and
verses from ancient Indian literature. The literary
sources for this work include Jataka Tales, the
Panchatantra and the Thirukkural. These universally
appealing stories have been set to music and
choreographed by Monica's guru and renowned
choreographer, Sri M.V. Narasimhachari. This work is
collaboration between Kala Nivedanam and the Global
Education Center of Nashville and has been funded in
part by a grant from the Metro Nashville Arts
Commission.
UTSAV 3rd Annual South Asian Performing Arts Festival
Ticket Information: www.utsav-seattle.org
Utsav is produced by Ragamala and Pratidhwani. The other
supporting sponsors are, Festal & Seattle Center, KBCS
91.3FM, Sharp Pixel, Safeco Insurance and Tasveer
Sep.27th - Oct.1st 2006 - Seattle's 3rd Independent South
Asian Film Festival
Tasveer presents 3rd Independent South Asian Film
Festival from September 27th to October 1st 2006 at
the Broadway Performance Hall in Seattle Washington. Click here for detailed
information:
http://isaff.tasveer.org
Sep. 2, 2006 - India Arts & Heritages Society Presents Prince of Gazal
India Arts and Heritage Society presents a Ghazal
program on September 2nd, 2006 at Kirkland Performance
Center.
August 26, 2006, Saturday - Tasveer Presents ISAFF Fundraiser
August 17, 2006, Thursday - A
Fundraiser to Combat Child Sexual Slavery!
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Faces of Hope: A fundraiser to combat child sexual
slavery in Asia
SEATTLE, WA ? One day in Nepal, a seven-year-old girl is
given a coke from a friendly stranger at a festival. The
next day she awakens to beatings in a grimy brothel in
Bombay. If she does not submit to a life of sexual
slavery, she will simply disappear. Yet choosing life
means an existence of exploitation, torture, disease and
despair. As one victim sums it up, ?The day I was sold
into slavery was the day my god died.?
Within this human tragedy, we invite you to look at the
faces of hope. On Thursday, August 17th at 7:00 p.m.
Crooked Trails will sponsor a movie screening and photo
exhibition fundraiser. The Emmy award nominated film The
Day My God Died profiles the work of Maiti Nepal, an
extraordinary group working to rescue and rehabilitate
victims of trafficking. Local photographer Jeff Speigner
will show images of children living out brighter futures
at the House of Joy orphanage in Northern Thailand. All
proceeds from the event will go to organizations in
Nepal and Thailand that are on the front lines combating
child trafficking.
The U.N. reports that 2,500 innocent women and children
are sold into the living hell of sexual slavery every
day. The price for their lives, collected by someone
they?ve trusted, is usually less than $1000. The dreams
of a daughter, a sister, a son, a brother - sold.
Admission is $20 and may be reserved in advance by
calling (206) 372-4405 or by emailing
angela@crookedtrails.com .
This event is proudly sponsored by Crooked Trails, with
donations from Cascade Trade and Starbuck?s. All
proceeds will go to Maiti Nepal and Thailand?s House of
Joy.
Event: Faces of Hope: A fundraiser to combat child
sexual slavery in Asia When: Thursday, August 17 at 7:00 p.m. Where: 911 Media Arts Center, 402 9th Avenue North,
Seattle, WA 98109 Cost: $20 (all proceeds got to Maiti Nepal
and House of Joy in Thailand) Sponsor: Crooked Trails of Seattle,
www.crookedtrails.com Admission: Reservations recommended, call (206) 372-4405
or email
angela@crookedtrails.com
July 14-16, 2006 - All Nations Cup 2006 - Soccer Tournament
"Team Nepal" is participating in the All Nations Cup
2006 - Soccer Tournament. For detailed information,
Click Here! Dates set for 2006!
July 14-16 : Qualifiers Festival Weekend
July 22-23 : Round of 16, Women's Regional, Master's
Division
July 25, 26, 27 : Quarterfinals & Semifinals
July 29 : Championship Games Day
3 SUMMITS FOR NEPAL?S
CHILDREN is a benefit climb to raise money to help the
children of Nepal who have been displaced as a result of
the civil conflict there. 100 percent of funds raised
will go to help Mitrata?Nepal, a 501(c)3 non-profit
organization with that same goal. Please join us as we
attempt to climb three summits in our own Pacific
Northwest: 1) Mt. Adams - May 27 and 28
2) Mt. Baker - June 17 and 18
3) Mt. Rainier - July 15 and 16
May 6, 2006 - "MUKTI" - Live in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Yetiz Band & Friends in Vancouver are pleased to present
for the first time...a dream... which for many years we
guys wanted to make it true in Vancouver! Yes, on May
6th, 2006, MUKTI from the band Mukti N Revival , Danu
from Nepathya and our very own Prem KC (one of the best
karaoke singer in Lower Mainland) will be performing
Live in Vancouver. Concert will be accompanied by Yetiz
- Vancouver`s very own Nepalese Band and local talents
as well! Folks, don`t miss the show! The show includes
dinner and dance!
Mukti - Live in Vancouver
Venue: Royal Banquet Hall, 2122 Kingsway,
Vancouver Date: May 6, 2006, Saturday Time: Door @ 5.30 PM Show @ 7.00 PM
Tickets: Adult $25, $10 under 8 yrs, Free
under 5yrs. Dinner and Dance Included!
Book your tickets:
Vancouver @ Caf? Kathmandu 604.879.9909
Burnaby @ Amrit: 604.433.6541 Biru/Raju: 604.521.6532
Surrey @ Sharad: 604.209.5027 Vikas: 778.388.8905 Mani:
604.590.1740
Folks, this is our first endeavor to bring Nepali artist
and promote local talents in Vancouver, your support and
encouragement will be highly appreciated.
Thank you,
Yetiz Band, Vancouver, BC, Canada
April 15, 2006 - Tibetan Cultural Night
"Tibetan Culture Night"
performance by Seattle Nyenchen Thanglha Dance troupe,
coordinated by Dolkar Oshoe at Anne Wright School in
Tacoma. All the proceeds will go towards Chungba school
and Shangye Lama school in Eastern Tibet.
April 14, 2006 - Nayika: The Feminine Ethos in Indian Classical Arts
Benefit Concert For
Chaya
Eighteen musicians, storytellers, dancers, and artists
come together to present an evening of stories, music
and expressive depiction. The performance will take
place at Eastshore Unitarian Church, 12700 SE 32nd
St., Bellevue, WA 98005 @ 7pm. Tickets are $12, $20,
$30 and are available at the door. All proceeds from
the performance will be donated to Chaya, an
organization dedicated to serving South Asian women in
crisis. For more information contact Neha Chandola at
(206) 331-6186 or write to neha@nwirp.org.
Come join this Melodious Event happening in your own city with
the most sought after personalities from India!!! Announcement by: Planetguru.com
March 24-26, 2006 - Tasveer Presents "Aaina" South Asian Women Film
Focus
Aaina, which in Urdu means mirror, is a 3-day film focus
on the works of remarkable South Asian women. Aaina will
celebrate the outstanding films with themes of unfailing
courage, joy,....
For more information
Click Here!
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