TIBETAN DEMOCRACY DAY

59^th Democracy Day was commemorated on 2^nd September at T.C.V. Chauntra to pay gratitude to His Holiness the 14^th Dalai Lama for bestowing Tibetan people the gift of a democratic system of government. The day was celebrated with great enthusiasm and zeal.

The students from class 6 and above and the staff assembled at Lother Hall  at 9: a.m. The program commenced at 9:10 a.m. with the singing of the Tibetan National Anthem and Mangtsosharshey. It was followed by the introductory speech about the day by Gen Kelsang Gyatso La. Miss Dawa Tsamchoe La read out the speech of Kashag. The school music teacher Gen Tenzin Shenphen La and his team performed some songs on the stage and entertained the audience and enliven the mood and the spirit of the day. The function ended with the word of thanks by the Assistant Headmistress Mrs. Tenzin Dolma La. Finally, Gorshey was performed by the staff and the students at the school basketball court.

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Tibetan Democracy Day

The 57th anniversary of the Tibetan Democracy Day was celebrated with tradition in our school this year. The Chief Guest of our function was Mr.Tsering Dorjee , the Chairman of the Tibetan Local Assembly, Dege Division, Bir. The school Principal gave the introductory speech narrating the history of how we were blessed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama with this democratic government 57 years ago in 1960. Every country in this world has to struggle and fight for a democratic government in the past and even now but we, Tibetans are very lucky to have His Holiness the Dalai Lama as our leader who without being asked gave us complete right to the Tibetans to follow the democratic system and gave full authority to people’s elected leaders.

Then we had the Chief Guest’s speech followed by the musical instrument playing competition between the students of class 5 and 6. The class 5S students won the competition. Then we had three Tibetan circular group dance (GORSHE) by three classes from 6 to 8 respectively. After that some prize distribution, the tradition scarf and certificates were given to the students for Tibetan creative writing contest conducted by CTA last year. We felt proud that some of our students were also there among the list.

Finally the vote of thanks speech was given by the school Headmaster. He thanked everyone who participated in the program. Overall the day turned out to be educative, informative and enjoyable for every one of us.

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DEMOCRACY DAY OF TIBET

Democracy Day of Tibet was celebrated with a sangsol at 8 am in the loter hall.staff and students above class VII attended it.  The function started with the song “Mangtso-sarshey” along with school band. The guest of honor was Mr.Dorjee Tsetan La,  member of the Tibetan parliament in exile. The introductory speech was given by Mr.Lhakpa Tsering la as fundamental values of democracy. This year under the guidance of our school principal .we had a special program to give platform is the entire student of class V-VIII. The main purpose is to preserve our own cultured, traditional and enrich it further. Class V and VI the entire student has competition with musical skill where as class VII-VIII has shown their talent in typical Tibetan traditional dance (Gorshey) they did a commendable job.

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53rd TIBETAN DEMOCRACY DAY CELEBRATED

TCV School Chauntra, as other Tibetan community also marked and celebrated the 53rd Tibetan Democracy Day on 2 September 2013 with a formal function in the school Lotyer Hall. For the past 53 years, the Tibetan communities have been celebrating this Democracy Day. People all over the world have struggled for democracy, but we have been blessed with this gift of democracy by our great leader, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. The celebration also makes our children learn about the uniqueness of this day.

The function extended till about 12 in the noon with the day’s introduction by our Social Teacher Mr. Choetop Tashi la, followed by the reading of the statements issued by the Kashag and the Tibetan Parliament by the school Principal, Mr. Choeying Dhondup la and Mr. Dawa Gyatso la in Tibetan and English respectively. The conclusion ‘Thank You’ speech was given by the Assistant Headmaster, Mr. Karma Tashi la.

To mark this occasion and to make it memorable, we had a special program of Tibetan Group Song Competition by classes 4 to 6 students. Every class came up with beautiful Tibetan songs and gave their best presentation. Each and every one of them was a winner on their own.

Congratulations to all !!!

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