Sakundhara Gurung, a resident of Gorkha Siranchok, turned 92 years old. It has been 18 years since she came to Britain from Bansar Maiti of Lamjung. He lives in Farnborough, UK and has not visited the village for years. Every Tuesday around 12 noon, Rushmore comes to the Empire Hall in Aldershot, Borough.

Saying hello to everyone, she sits on a chair and takes a long breath. She gets up and starts dancing to the song playing . The Gurung language song 'Rimmai Thumai Pre Tan Rodhini...' means 'Girl friends, come together in Rodhima...' is being played from the speaker . Coincidentally, the composer of the song, Ekendra Gurung, lives in Britain. This evergreen song played in the villages of Nepal has now become a song that reminds the mothers of the UK.

Sakundhara says, "There are 12 of us here with sons and daughters-in-law and grandchildren." I remember the village. Age Gago . He will not come back now.'

It has been 11 years since Udbini Gurung, 83 years old, came to Britain after passing away in Lamjung's Nalma. Living with her daughter-in-law, she misses her village a lot. If you want to go, you can't go, you don't have age. Just sitting at home, cooking, eating and sleeping," she said. According to him, all the sisters get together and talk, sing, and dance to make life peaceful.

80-year-old Jagat Kumari Gurung of Arthur Dandakhark in Parbat says that sometimes Tuesday comes and everyone gathers and dances. Farming was done in the village. Then Madhesh fell. The sons built a house in Kathmandu again. Now he came to the UK,' she said, 'living at home, visiting the park once in the morning.' On Tuesdays, dancing is fun when the mother and father gather.

76-year-old Sushila Devi Sunuwar, a resident of Likhudemba house in Okhaldhunga, came to Britain in 2012. After the death of her husband, she came to enjoy the services provided by the government. There are daughters. He sleeps at night. Where to go all day ? We have danced to meet friends, make acquaintances, not to miss the village,' she said.

Not only Sakundhara, Udbini, Jagatkumari, Sushila Devi, 77-year-old Siva Shahi of Syangja Jagdikhola, 74-year-old Chinimaya Gurung of Lamjung Bensishar, and about 200 people from Rushmoor Borough, Farnborough, Camberley area gather every Tuesday at Empire Hall in Aldershot.

In Britain, the free public transport service for over 68s has made their commute easier . Gorkha Ama Group President Dhanmaya Gurung, Vice President Jamuna Gurung, Secretary Yankumari Gurung and others are assigned to manage the food from dancing to the bus.

According to 66-year-old Shobha Gurung, who has been helping to provide services and facilities to the elderly in Britain, when she came in 2010, there were few elderly receiving government allowances. At the beginning, there was confusion. Some would have been able to return to the village. "We have helped many people from applying for benefits to other tasks," she said.

According to 73-year-old Dhanmaya Gurung, president of Gorkha Mothers Group, many mothers from Aldershot and Farnborough areas of Rushmore Borough come to Empire Hall. Some even come from Camberley . She came to the UK in 2009 and lives in Farnborough. It is difficult for a mother who has left her son to spend the day. Even though people are here, a mother's heart is in her own village, her own children, her own country," she said, "planning to form a mother's group, gather old mothers, and dance has started. We have been doing dance programs for 10 years.'

According to him, in the beginning, the members paid the rent of the hall by raising money. Now money is collected by dancing and singing in events like weddings and betrothals. She said that 16-17 thousand pounds are being collected every year by playing Deusibhailo in Tihar. Every Tuesday dance is performed. Rotated 1 time a year . Free food is served on December 15, Lhosar and Teej. Tea and biscuits are served every day, she said. According to him, 1 thousand 250 pounds hall rent has been paid recently. Jamaghan, which was closed during the Corona epidemic, has started again. Farming was done in the village. Village service was done. I have come here to serve my sisters," she said.

According to the Nepali people here, Nepalis have been permanently living in the UK since the 1970s. In Nepal After the democracy of 2046, it became easier to go abroad when common people started getting passports. Gurkha soldiers who retired after 1997 and their families got the right of residence in the UK in 2004. In 2009, Gurkha soldiers and their families who served at least 4 years in the British Army won residential rights. At the same time, after the British government took a liberal policy towards international students, Nepali family members from the lower and middle classes got the opportunity to go to the UK to study.