UTAH TIBETAN ASSOCIATION (UTA) & NONRESIDENT NEPALESE ASSOCIATION OF UTAH (NRNA)
NEPAL FLOODS MEMORIAL & SOLIDARITY CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
In Remembrance of the Lives Lost and in Solidarity with the People of Nepal and Tibet
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Salt Lake City Mayor’s Building, 451 S State Street, Salt Lake City UT 84111
PROGRAM
❖ Welcome & Introduction: MC Pema Chagzoetsang, President, UTA ❖Lighting of Candles & Moment of Silence
NATIONAL ANTHEMS
❖Nepalese National Anthem
❖Tibetan National Anthem: Bhod Gyal-Khab Chen-boe Gya-Lu American National Anthem
MEMORIAL REMARKS:
❖ Karma Tensum: Vice-President, Utah Tibetan Association
❖ Biplov Lamichhane: President, Nonresident Nepalese Association of Utah Former U.S. Congressman Ben McAdams
PUBLIC PRAYER & RECITATIONS
❖ Hindu Prayer: Nepalese community
❖The Prayer of the Words of Truth: Den Tsig Mon Lam
❖ His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Long Life Prayer: Om Svasti Rabjam Gyalwa
SONGS OF REMEMBRANCE & SOLIDARITY
❖Tibetan National Uprising Song: Longsho-Mig Mang Langlu