'Celebrating Dashain overseas': Australia's Nepali community keeping their culture alive

An elderly man blesses his sister-in-law by placing a 'Tika' - red vermillion mixed with rice - on her forehead on the main day of the Hindu festival, Dashain (Durga Puja) in Kathmandu, 21 October 2007. Hindus across the country are celebrating Biyaya Dashami, the tenth day of the Dashain Festival. On this day elders of the family apply Tika as blessing to the younger members of the family.

A representative image of Dashain festival. Source: AFP / PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images

Like every year, Nepali language speakers in Australia have celebrated the annual Dashain festival. While some community members say it is not the same as Nepal, others say the difference is thinning with the booming business of Nepali products in Australia.



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