Chhath celebrations took place in Sydney's Angle Park in Chipping Norton and at the Australian Nepali Multicultural Centre (ANMC) in Melbourne on Thursday, 7 November. Members of the Nepali community and guests participating in the event spoke to SBS Nepali about the significance of Chhath, and their experience celebrating Chhath in Australia.

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'Chhath is not a festival, it is an emotion.'

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