A TEARFUL FAIRWELL - TO GARBUJA

Farewell Photo Gallery

NKSSP has organized a farewell party to honor the guest artist Mr. Garbuja at Gorkha palace, Gladesville, Sydney, Saturday evening 27th February 2010.

The singer was honoured by several community organization leaders, members and by his die-hard fans from all around Sydney. Garbuja, a folk singer, the source of love, symbol of courage, a role model to anyone who is always proud to be a Nepali and loves Nepal by his heart. Singer Garbuja gives others a smile, a moment to enjoy, and a moment of happiness, but this evening it was different for him and others too. He was silent with full of tears in the middle of his thank you speech. “ At first I want to be identify myself as a Nepali, second I am an artist, then I am from indigenous background” said Garbuja. He also added in between tears- “ Our mother is only our mother- we don’t care whether she is black or white, thin or fat, poor or rich, beauty or ugly, we always have rights and we proudly call her “mother” and in reply- she always give us a hug with full of love, but other’s mother whatever she is we can’t call her mother” then he cried……all of sudden big silence, everyone had wet eyes. For Garbuja “mother” word was symbolic to our mother nation NEPAL.

As usual there was again happy time started with his songs and almost everyone danced at the party. 

Indra Van (ICC-NRN advisor), Dr. Narayan Prdhan (GNC-President), Goba Katuwal (ICC-NRN, asia pacific coordinator), Ganesh Tamang (President-NINFA), Chitra Limbu (Secretry-NINFA), Ramesh Pandey (President-NEHUPRED), Bishnu Hamal (Secretary-NRN), Hari Ramjali (secretary-Myagdi Sewa Samiti) Puna Bhandari (vice-Pre. NADF), Janaki Paudel (vice-Pre. NKSSP) and Sujata Basnet (President-NKSSP) presented farewell to Garbuja with warm of love, respect and appreciated his great contribution on Nepal’s folk music. They also thanked NKSSP members to present Singer Garbuja in Sydney. An apology message sent by various leader of the community who could not attend the program was conveyed to singer Garbuja. I, myself hosted the program.

Singer Garbuja has left Sydney Sunday afternoon. A great number of his villager friends, relatives and fans around 21 of them followed Garbuja up to the airport to express their ties with Garbuja and said painfully – BYE….BYE….

By: Ramesh Baniya
General Secretary of NKSSP