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Exiled Bhutanese artists have rocked Pennsylvania in the United States of America with a historical musical night at the William Pitt Union Hall here in University of Pittsburgh yesterday. According to the organizer of the program, resettled Bhutanese along with folks from Nepali communities in Pennsylvania joined the Mega event, which is also reported to be organized to mark Dasain festival. Artists who came all the way from South Dakota in the West, Georgia Atlanta in the South and Ohio in the Middle East of America, among others from different States and cities of Pennsylvania attended the program. Around 27 members of the Bhutanese Artists of Georgia (BAG), who reached the musical hall after long drive, performed live show in coordination with the Pittsburgh local artists and artists from other states of the country. The program hosted over 600 Nepali, Bhutanese, Indian, Burmese, Vietnamese and American audiences. It is reported that the local artists from Bhutanese community and Nepalese community rocked the floor with various dances and songs. Bhutanese artists Kishor Siwakoti, Hira Rasaily, Sudesh Thulung, Mahendra Dahal, Shiva Mapchan and Pratap Magar thrilled the audiences with their melodious voice. Meanwhile, musician Bikash Thulung, Birkha Guragai, Ratna Gurung, Bhim Magar and Ram Gurung were other attraction of the program. “We are very fortunate to have come to Pittsburgh for the program. It was wonderfully organized and we would love to come here again. Audiences were really encouraging and I am thankful l to all the organizers. Local performances were excellent,” Ratna Gurung, President of BAG, told before leaving Georgia. On the occasion, Bhutanese artists also officially launched an online portal www.bhutaneseartists.com, which is said to be a common online platform that portrays and document the arts of Bhutanese artists. Dr. James Joshi, Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh launched the website. Kishor Siwakoti and Balaram Gurung contributed this news from Pennsylvania.
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संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिकाको पेन्सिलभानिया राज्यस्थित पिट्सबर्ग विश्वविद्धालयको ह्विलियम पीट यूनियन सभाकक्षमा आइतबार सफलतापूर्वक ऐतिहासिक सांगीतिक कार्यक्रम प्रस्तुत गरेर भूटानी कलाकारहरूले धुम मच्चाएका छन्। दशैंको उत्सव मनाउने उद्देश्यमा आयोजित सो समारोहमा पेन्सिलभानियामा प्रतिस्थापित भूटानी समुदायलगायत नेपाली मित्रहरूले पनि सक्रिय सहभागिता जनाएका आयोजकपक्षको भनाइ छ। अमेरिकाकै विभिन्न राज्य तथा पेन्सिलभानियाका विभिन्न नगरबाट आएका कलाकारका टोलीसँगै पश्चिमोत्तरको साउथ डाकोटा, दक्षिण जर्जियाको एटलान्टा र मध्य अमेरिकाको ओहियो राज्यबाट आएका भूटानी कलाकारहरूको विशेष टोलीले सो कार्यक्रममा भाग लिएका थिए । जर्जियाका कलाकारहरूको समूह (बीएजी)-का लगभग २७ सदस्यहरूले लामो यात्रापछि आइपुगेर विभिन्न राज्यबाट आएका तथा पिट्सबर्गका स्थानीय कलाकारहरूसितको संयोजनमा मनमोहक प्रस्तुती दिएका थिए । विभिन्न गीत तथा सांस्कृति कार्यक्रमका साथ नृत्य प्रस्तुत गर्दै यी कलाकारहरूले नेपाली, भूटानी, भारतीय, बर्मेली, भियतनामी र अमेरिकी गरी करिब ६ सय दर्शक तथा श्रोतालाई मनोरञ्जन दिलाएका थिए। भूटानी कलाकारमध्ये किशोर सिवाकोटी, हिरा रसाइली, सुदेश थुलुङ, महेन्द्र दाहाल, शिव माप्छान र प्रताप मगरले आ-आफ्नो स्वर गुञ्जायमान पारि कार्यक्रमको महत्त्व दर्शाएका थिए भने संगीतकार विकाश थुलुङ, बिर्ख गुरागाई, र्तन गुरुङ, भीम मगर र राम गुरुङले मधुर संगीतको कोसेली पस्केका थिए। यसैबीच भूटानी कलाकारहरूले एउटा अनलाइन वेबसाइट शुरु भएको औपचारिक घोषणा पनि गरेका छन् । लगअन- www.bhutaneseartists.com -ले भूटानी कलाकार र कलाकारिताको संरक्षण तथा संवर्द्धन गर्ने बताइएको छ । (यो समाचार तयारीका निम्ति पेन्सिलभानियाबाट किशोर सिवाकोटी र बलराम गुरुङले योगदान गरेका छन्।)