Wimmera Karen communities will congregate in Nhill at the weekend to present an annual New Year cultural event.
Happy Karen New Year 2759 will be at Nhill Memorial Community Centre from 10.30am to 12.30pm on Saturday.
Event spokesman Htoo Kaw Jah said the celebration, which was in Horsham last year, was a way to remind the Wimmera Karen community’s youngest members, as well as the wider community, about Karen people’s culture.
“We celebrate the Karen New Year every year to let our children and our community know what it means, who we are, what we do and where we are from,” he said.