NDP MLAs join Nepalese community to mark Dashain 2063

October 4, 2006

President Abi Sharma Ghimire of the Nepal Cultural Society of BC welcomed Surrey MLA’s Sue Hammell, Jagrup Brar, Bruce Ralston and Harry Bains to the Cultural Society’s Dashain 2063 Celebrations at Newton Community Hall on September 30, 2006. Dashain is the longest and most important festival of Nepal. Generally, Dashain falls in late September to mid-October, right after the end of the monsoon season in Nepal. It is a “Day of victory over Demons.”