- When we sing, it brings a great pleasure for us to perform in front of people.

- When I start performing, I feel really proud and happy because all people start cheering up.

They say that you did a really great job.

That motivates me to go further.

- We came from Bhutan to Eastern part of Nepal, and we stayed there in one of the refugee camp.

We stayed there almost 19 years.

And then it was in 2010, I came to United States in Fargo.

When I was back in Bhutan, I learned my traditional song from my elders.

They used to sing, dance in our village.

I used to go there, watch them dance, watch them sing.

So I also got motivated to learn our traditional songs.

- I used to live in another refugee camp so we were not together at that time, but I used to hear his name so many times.

I got a chance to meet Damber when he was performing in one of the states program that was for a cultural show.

- We used to gather sometimes in a special location.

So from that time also, he used to learn from me, and he used to ask some questions about music.

First, he came to Fargo.

And when I came here, he knew that I came here in Fargo too so he just found me.

I was really happy.

I have got one friend to keep going my music.

- I was so very happy that he came to Fargo.

Even if he was not coming here, if he was going to another state in US, I was thinking that I will maybe move to that state or do something to learn from him.

From Damber, I came to know that there is a program that gives opportunity to learn music.

I decided to join in the program.

It is a very great program.

It does take care of our music, and we also flourish our music to our coming generations.

- Harmonium is kind of a universal musical instrument.

In any kind of genre like we have in Nepalese music, we have pop genre.

We have rock song too.

We have typical traditional song.

We have folk song too.

So in each and every genre, we use this instrument.

It helps a lot for the musicians and for the vocalist also.

- I actually like singing better, and I also like to write song.

I like lyrics.

To sing correctly and perfectly, we need musical instrument.

For our songs, for our cultural song or any type of song, harmonium is the best musical instrument.

So I am learning harmonium through this program also.

Damber is very good teacher because he's very detailed in everything.

If I jump very small thing, then he will notice that, and he correct that thing then and there.

So he's really a good teacher.

When I was learning harmonium from Damber, we decided to write one song.

I got to listen to so many songs from our great singers.

I tried to get those words, and I tried to get the ideas from those songs.

When I finished writing that song, I gave it to my teacher, Damber, and he started composing the music on that.

- The problem is we don't have a professional instrumentalist here.

After I wrote a melody for that words, we sent it to Nepal.

So there, we have a professional instrumentalist, and they made a track.

- We have a community here in Fargo, so we celebrate our cultural festivals.

We organize a musical program, musical event.

And those musical events for us is the place to perform, a place in our hearts.

- I just like to tell our upcoming boys and girls, our generations, that if they are really interested in knowing our cultural things, they can contact us and learn from us.

We are happy to share our ideas.

- Back in Bhutan, when I heard my elders singing, playing musical instrument, it was fun for me at the time.

I didn't feel the importance of music because I was very little child, and then I was just enjoying with them only.

Now, I really feel what I have learned from them is great knowledge.

This music is kind of identity for us.

Music is very important for us.

- [Narrator] Funded by the North Dakota Council on the Arts and by the members of Prairie Public.