An honourific musician of Nagi Gompa nunnery of Nepal, Ani Choying Drolma is touringAustralia for last month. She is all along in Australia for her musicla performance in various cities. Ani, yesterday, Saturday 1st Dec, performed in Sydney, Australia.
Internationally acclaimed musician and humanitarian is performing her extraordinary interpretations of Buddhist chants and songs in concert for Australian audiences for the first time. One of the reputed musicians of Nepal, Nhu Bajracharya(music composer of phoolko aakhama) with Gopal Rasaily in guitar, Dhiraj Shrestha in tabala and Raman Maharjan in flute assisted Ani in the concert. Ani performed from her hit number ‘Phool Ko akha Ma’ to the recently recorded hymn.
Nepali folk melody, fusion of tabla and guitar was spellbinding symphony which had silenced the hall. Most of her songs conveys spiritual messages, as we all know.
In an event , nepali ambassador to Australia, Rudra Kumar Nepal, honorary consul Deepak Khadka from New South Wales(NSW) and other head of nepali communities were present. The profit made from the concert will be used in assisting Australian Himalayan Foundation and the Laskar Nepal, said the organizer committee.
Note: Australian Himalayan Foundation is a member of Australian council for international development whose vision is to help the people of the Himalaya achieve their goals.
It’s aim is to achieve this through improvements in three important areas:
Education
Health & Medical Services
Environment and Conservation
More importantly, It’s aim is to ensure, where possible, the long-term viability of schools, to provide health, education and medical services and to support environmental projects throughout the Himalaya.
On the other side, Laskar Nepal is a non-governmental organization that has been working for the promotion and protection of livelihood, betterment and advancement of women, health, environment, social justice and development. It is also affiliated with Social Welfare Council of Nepal (SWC). The affiliation number of SWC is 24977. It is an autonomous, non-partisan, non-beneficial organization, run by the women group from many sectors, who are enthusiastic to work in women development.
The following are Laska Nepal’s objectives;
To bring and uplift on the way of development for marginalized women group from dalit (untouchable) ethnic group, through empowerment.
To sustain peaceful environment, socialization and human respect.
To protect the civil rights of marginalized group.
To help the community providing the basic health facility and education.