Nepathya has performed to a packed audience at the Savannah Stage of the World Village Festival in Helsinki, Finland on Sunday. Nepathya was allotted 45 minutes for its performance, but due to demand from the crowd, the Master of Ceremony of the show had to call back the band to sing one more number. The show started at 3:00 p.m. and went on till 3:55, during which, Nepathya performed 10 songs.

The show started with Nepathya’s version of Gaun Gaun Bata Utha. The show then went into Nepathya’s rock editions of folk song – Bhedako Oon, Jomsome Bazaarma, Udayo Railaile, Sa Karnali, Himal Chuchure, Resham, Taal ko Paani, and an instrumental presentation of Nepathya’s song Saruma Rani. Finland based Nepalese girls dressed in traditional Nepali wardrobe joined Nepathya and danced while Jomsome Bazaarma was sung.

With 9 songs performed, Nepathya had to leave the stage as their designated time was over. But with public demand – the MC requested the band to come back. Accepting the request, Amrit went and sang – Rato ra Chandra Surya. While singing the last song, Amrit called out – ” I love my country and I love my flag, hence I would like to sing a song of our flag to you.”

Hundreds of Finland based Nepalese were among the thousands in audience.

“This was a great opportunity for Nepali music, and I am glad we performed well. This can be the opening door for Nepali music to enter the world of international festivals.” said Amrit Gurung – the front man of the band.

Among others, the Nepali documentary, Bhedako Oon Jasto was also screened as part of the festival yesterday.

The festival ended yesterday featuring 150 shows from 4 continents.