Storyteller Prakash shares a day in the life of Bhutanese students in Nashville. This student-produced video was created as part of the American Graduate project, funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Preparing Nepali Food in Nashville
This video takes us through the process that Bhutanese-Nepali refugees have to go through in order to buy and prepare their cultural food–including numerous different stops at specialty markets in Nashville. Shared by Prakash Subedi as part of NPT’s Storytellers project.
Joel Sport Video
Joel is a Bhutanese refugee living in Nashville. America has provided him access to sports he never experienced in refugee camps back in Nepal.
Challenges of Living in the States
A Bhutanese refugee shares his experiences of adapting to the cultural differences between Bhutan and the US.
The First Bhutanese Refugee in Nashville
Yam Kharel, the first Bhutanese refugee to resettle in Nashville, discusses how he came to the U.S and challenges he faced when he got here.
Bhutanese Cultural Presentation
A cultural presentation adorned by Bhutanese Nepali cultural songs and dances organized by Bhutanese Community of Tennessee in order to replicate the Bhutanese cultural and social fabric to the local and international community. Bhutanese participants from about 30 states participated during the historic cultural program.
Bhutanese Milk Tea
The specialty of the Bhutanese- Nepali Milk Tea. CHIYA. The process of making it and its new scope in West.
Storytellers: Inside a Hindu Naming Ceremony in Nashville
Many cultures and religious traditions have rituals around the birth of a child. For many families who have settled in a new land, preserving these rituals is of utmost importance, even if only in the privacy of their own home.
In this video, storytellers Kamal Bastola and Prakash Subedi give us an intimate look at a Bhutanese family conducting a naming ceremony for a recent newborn baby, a traditional ceremony in Hindu custom.