Nepali-Bhutanese Cultural Preservation

A Glimpse of Cultural Practices during FY- July 1, 2022 - June 2023 Funded by Utah Arts and Museums, partially by the South Salt Lake Art Council, and supported by the City of South Salt Lake with space to practice Dance Class and events at the Columbus Community Center, Utah Refugee Connections, Ward Foundation, and …

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Celebration of World Refugee Day

Community Building Services celebrates World Refugee Day every year in June around third week by participating at the event with dance performance and rendering volunteer services to make the event successful. During the event, dance performers from our Nepali/Bhutanese community participate through dances, volleyball and soccer tournaments among the refugee led organizations. This event provides …

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Tihar (Deepawali) – The Festival of Light

“Tihar” Article by Tek Neopany (MSW/M.A.) November 2, 2021              Time: 9:00 pm – 1:30 am Nepali speaking people all over the world celebrate Tihar or Deepavali, the one of the greatest festivals of light coincided with Halloween. The five-day festival or Yama Panchak is celebrated with fervor and gaiety worshipping human body and animals. The …

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Teej – Women’s Major Festival

Every year Community Building Services celebrates Teej – Women’s major festival to strengthen community, preserve cultural identity, bring other communities together to make healthy neighbor and city of livability by enhancing cultural vibrancy and engagement. We’re all American Women. Teej related cuisines will be provided and end up program with cultural dances and speech from …

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Bhutanese/Nepali New Year Celebration

Community Building Services is celebrating Nepali/Bhutanese New Year 2022 on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 12:00 pm through 4:30 pm at the Liberty Park, Salt Lake City, Utah. The program activities include basically dance performances for single, duet and group dance performers. It will be on the stage program open all and we will include …

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