CNFC Win Dashain Cup Football Tournament Championship
HIGH POINT, NC—The Charlotte Nepali Football Club (CNFC) are now the reigning champions of the Dashain Cup Football Tournament, hosted by the Bhutanese Community of the Triad and Royal FC. The team won the championship match on October 11, defeating the Piedmont Gurkhas FC, a Nepalese team based in Research Triangle Park, NC. Earlier in the month, CNFC also repeated as champions of the GCNA Dashain Cup.
In an open letter to the team after the Dashain Cup championship win, Bhutanese Community of Charlotte Vice President Rashika Chamlagai wrote, “Our entire community is extremely proud of CNFC and the way this team has represented the Nepali-speaking community of Charlotte with pride, dedication, unity, and sportsmanship.This victory belongs not only to CNFC, but to our greater Bhutanese community.”
Dashain, officially known as Bada Dashain, is the longest and most significant festival in the Hindu calendar historically used on the Indian subcontinent. It is still used in several Indian states and Nepal and is celebrated primarily by Nepalese of all religions, as well as in Bhutan, Myanmar, and north and northeast regions of India with prominent Nepali cultural influences. In Nepal, the 15-day celebration stands as the nation’s grandest annual event.