Jhapa Celebrated 18th World Indeginous Day

18th World Indigenous Day

Know about world Indigenous Day

In December 1994, the U.N. General Assembly ended centuries of international indifference to native peoples around the world by declaring August 9 the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People.
Aiming to promote and protect the rights of indigenous people, the new international observance featured educational forums and classroom activities designed to encourage public awareness of indigenous cultures and the modern challenges they face. Since the establishment of this observance and the first two “International Decades” for indigenous people, numerous groups advancing indigenous cultures and interests have popped up around the world.
This year’s theme, “Indigenous Media, Empowering Indigenous Voices,” strives to promote indigenous media’s role in challenging cultural stereotypes, influencing national agendas and solidifying cultural identity.
Though many indigenous groups exist, indigenous peoples struggle with a variety of social and economic problems. Poverty, unemployment, high incarceration rates, high infant mortality rates and gender-based violence plague many indigenous communities. Furthermore, expanded communications between once-isolated indigenous groups and modern society has led to the loss of some cultural practices and languages. Many indigenous people also live in or depend on food from places that are vulnerable to climate change. In the high-altitude regions of the Himalayas, for example, glacial melting is reducing the amount of seasonal water flow that will be available to rural mountain dwellers in the future.

18th World Indigenous Day

18th World Indigenous Day

18th World Indigenous Day

18th World Indigenous Day

18th World Indigenous Day

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Miss Rewati Rajbanshi - Member of NEFIN Mechinagar posing for photo along with Rajbanshi Samaj Bikash Samiti 

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Rajbanshi Samaj Bikash Samiti in World Indigenous Day

18th World Indigenous Day

18th World Indigenous Day

Janjati leaders announced the formation of proposed new party Social Democratic Pluri-National Party (Samajik Loktantrik Bahul Rastriya Party) on Thursday. Though the formal announcement of the party was to be announced on Thursday, marking the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, the decision was withdrawn at the request of some influential political leaders.
The announcement was made amidst a press conference at World Trade Center, Tripureshwor, in the Capital on Thursday. Leaders of the new party have claimed that the announcement of the proposed party signals the ‘rise of a new force’ in the country.
Speaking at the conference, Coordinator of the proposed party Chaitanya Subba said, “This is the rise of a new force in the country to address the majority of the people in the country. The party would be directed by social democracy and issues of indigenous communities.
The party is likely to be “completed” only after some influential Janajati leaders of UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress and CPN-UML formally quit from their parties.
The meetings that went late into Wednesday night had decided to form a 200-member committee to collect public opinion on the formation of the party. Leaders involved in the meetings said the new force is likely to get complete shape within three months.

                       18th World Indigenous Day Celebration In Jhapa
Thousands of people from indigenous community from villages around Jhapa district gathered around Birtamode Muktichowk. The crowds of people adorned with their cultural outfits and carrying playcards, banners including women, children, disabled, handicapped, peoples of old age more than forty thousand in number headed towards Eastern Bus Stand the venue of the program. The president of NEFIN Mr. Rajkumar Lekhi inagurated the celebration program by playing Chyabrung (a musical instrument of Indeginious people living in mountain region of Nepal as a symbol of Terai and Mountain indigenous peoples are united in Nepal). Maximum numbers of Rajbanshi youths were in their cultural outfits Dhuti and Gamcha (Dhuti- a white cloths used by Rajbanshi males around the waist, Gamcha- a towel specially worn by Rajbanshi males during special ceremonies) , Patani and Barhati ( Patani- a colourful cloth used by Rajbanshi females around the chest till foot and Barhati- a long cloth worn around waist to keep the under cloth tight). They were Chanting Slogans in Rajbanshi language demanding Autonomous federal State, Special rights with compensation. The program was the historic program done by NEFIN Jhapa- says NEFIN Jhapa President Mr. Prem Ghising. Similarly the Speaker on the stage politician from TMLP Mr. Trinarayan Rajbanshi said " At any cost Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari must be declared Kochila State, otherwise the Indigenous people of these districts will loss everything and these people are ready to sacrifice their life for their rights".
Rajbanshi Samaj Bikas Samiti President Jhapa Mr. Tom Rajbanshi Said there no other option except Kochila Autonomous State with self decisive rights and appealed everyone to support the non-violence movements of Koch Peoples for their rights.
The chief guest Mr. Lekhi said " top political parties have made our country their private property and they are the prime factors to deceive indigenous people by not providing their rights and they have deceived whole nation by dropping the constitutional assembly". He further appealed peoples to protest against those leaders by showing black flags. NEFIN Jhapa President thanked the crowd and added Indigenous movement had never stopped, is never stopping and will never stop in future till we get our rights and our movement will continue till last of our breadth and declared the end of the program.

18th World Indigenous Day Celebration in Birtamode Jhapa

USUN PRESS RELEASE
August 9, 2011
Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, August 9, 2011
The United States is proud to commemorate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People. Just eight months ago, President Obama announced the support of the United States for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. On this day, we celebrate the aspirations of the Declaration and recognize its moral and political force.
In announcing the U.S. decision in December, President Obama stressed that what matters more than “any resolution or declaration…are actions to match those words.” The United States is working steadfastly within the framework of our laws and Constitution to foster real change in Native communities — from investing in high-speed broadband infrastructure to expanding access to health care to strengthening public safety. As we celebrate the rich heritage and contributions of indigenous people, the United States renews our commitment to achieving a brighter future for Native Americans and calls upon all nations to work together with indigenous communities to meet our common challenges.

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Eighteenth world Indegenous Day Celebrated in Birtamode, Jhapa among huge crowds of 40000 indegenous community people and the attendent of the meet were peoples of all age including peoples of old age, females, Childrens, disabled, and they

were in their own cultural attire. The slogans were chanted demanding the rights of indegenous people for autonomous federal state, special rights with compansation, protection of their culture, language, tradition from the government etc.

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