VISUAL JOURNALISM

International Students Banquet at SAU

International Students Banquet is one of the biggest event for international students that takes place in SAU every Spring semester. It is an event organized by the International Students Association. The main motive of this banquet is to simply show everyone what the intentional students association is all about. This event is organized by international students association along with the international students and it is open for everybody in the University. Every year the event takes place in Grand Hall located in Reynolds. The event is full of entertainment including delicious food items from all over the world. Food is the main highlight of this event. Tickets for faculty, staff and community members cost $10 each and student tickets cost $5.

This is one event that is very much popular among the international students. The international students get to show their talents like dancing, singing, cooking, etc. The banquet is full of entertainment and not only intentional students, but overall students in SAU who attend this event thoroughly enjoy it and give positive feedback. I myself am one of the most involved student in this event. I have attended three banquets since I got here and all three times I have involved myself in this event either by performing or emceeing or helping out with decorations, cooking and stuff like this. This is one of the events I enjoy the most and look forward to every year.

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Dashain

Dashain is the biggest festival celebrated in my country Nepal. It is celebrated by people all over the country and the Nepalese people who live abroad as well. Dashain has immense amount to value among the Nepalese people. Dashain is all about getting together with friends and family and having a good time. The main significance of Dashain is togetherness anf unity among people. Dashain is a fifteen days long festival celebrated with high enthusiam and positive vibes only. The fifteen days of celebration occurs during the bright lunar fortnight ending on the day of full moon.

It is the longest and the most auspicious festival in the Bikram Sambat annual calender. It is the most anticipated festival in the country. All government offices, educational institutions, and other offices remain closed during the festival period. The festival falls in September or October, starting from the shukla paksha (bright lunar fortnight) of the month of Ashvin and ending on purnima, the full moon. Among the fifteen days on which it is celebrated, the most important days are the first, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth.