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Daijiworld Media Network - Dubai

Dubai, Oct 5: Nama Tuluveru UAE's 5th anniversary celebration hosted spectacular 'Tuluvere Parba' which recreated the true festive atmosphere reflecting the real Tuluva Cultural combination of the main three relegious faiths is believed to be the first of the kind in the world which set an true example of the spirit of oneness in this part of the world. 

Even with the hot sunny open ground venue the spirit of our great Tuluvas did not mind participating in this whole day event which saw all generation of people from young to old enjoying the festive mood in their own way.  It happened in the open grounds of Indian High School, Dubai, Oud Metha Road on 5th of October, 2012 from morning 9 AM and concluded at around 12 midnight..
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Witnessed by more than 3500 Tuluvas which is one of the record gathering one could have ever seen in the history of Tuluva festival in UAE spooled a total contribution of more than Rs.12 Lakhs donatation to Saanidhya Special Needs Residential School, Shakti Nagar, Mangalore in one platform itself. Soon after Nama Tuluver's announcement of Rs.1 Lakh charity donation to Saanidhya Special School, many donors both individuals and associations got up spontaneously on the spot and offers started pouring in within few minutes to create this big number, breaking the record in Charity contribution.

For the first time ever the entry tickets for this full day programme got sold out by 2.30 PM and hundreds of people had to return back disappointedly. While apologizing to those who did not get an opportunity to witness this event, Nama Tuluveru UAE promises to have their next year's programme in a much bigger venue and better weather condition as requested by the attending dignitaries.

The programme started sharp at 10 AM with inauguration in a true Tuluva style welcoming the guests at the entrance of the lush green ground which was decorated with beautiful welcome sign and standing black elephant statue. Children, Ladies & Men of all the three faiths greeted the Guests in their own traditional way with live drummers, trumpets and colourful umbrellas walking towards the main stage in a procession. All the guests along with the welcoming group arrived on the stage and it started with prayer, reading of Geeta, Bible & Quran by children of three faiths followed by inauguration opening of 'Pingara' and distributing the same to everybody present on the venue. An exclusive theme song was specially written and recorded for this 'Tuluvere Parba' event penned by Arthur Pereira, tuned and sung by Raviraj Tantry & Sharon Rego and Music arranged by Abhishek & Swapnil Digde duo and supported by Ranjit Bajpe, Santosh Karkera & Rajnish Amin. This song 'Nama Tuluveru' was released during the event and was played throughout the day appreciated by all Tuluvas. Later the Guests took tour of the well erected stalls of various community organisations installed around the open ground which included food stalls, community activity stalls and games stalls. Also there were reception counter, food coupen counter, charity counter and first aid counter put across in a professional way with sign boards for easy access.

While the food stalls were busy selling variety of mouth watering ethnic dishes, there were other stalls exhibiting the traditional ethnic activity and games stalls encouraging children and adults to play and win prizes. On the whole it was a great opportunity to most of the Tuluvas to taste some of the food the whole day which otherwise are rarely available in this part of the world.

Yet another record has been created here with enthusiastic members of around 15 various community associations participating jointly for the first time in one platform unanimously. Nama Tuluveru UAE tried their level best to hold this programme 'Tuluvere Parba 2012' in a much professional way and have proved it to the fullest with their slogan 'Promoting Tulu Culture with a cause' by the support of all those community associations who participated jointly.

While the crowd were busy savoring their favorites, simultaneously there were cultural programmes being presented on the stage starting with Amchigele Samaj UAE who presented 'Amchigele Samskar' a unique presentation showcasing the culture & tradition of their community directed by Harish Shenoy. Followed was Daffa Dance by Milano Stars of Beary's Cultural Forum choreographed by Taufeeq Mohammed. Later was a Kannada classical dance by studens of Kalakendra Grooming Talents, Karama which was very well applauded.

Continued with Kannada Folk Dance presented by Ganigara Sangha Dubai choreographed by Samantha Suresh Hegde and then 'Kadala Parba' a vibrant dance performance by Mogaveers UAE choreographed by Jagdish. Later was an musical orchestra by Devadigara Sangha UAE with the leadership of Harish Sherigar who presented various Tulu, Kannada songs singing lively and which made the audience dance to the tune of their foot tapping live music. In between was UAE Bunts 'Hudugaru' vibrant dance performance which was choreographed by Deepti & Praveen duo and perfomed by a large team of Bunts ladies & gents.

With a small lunch break the programme continued with 'Musical Orchestra' again by Devadigara Sangha who presented lively 'Goniyam' and various 'Bhaila' songs rocking the audience who were dancing and enjoying the every bit of it. Soon was 'Kangilu Nritya' by Mogaveers UAE totally rocking the ground with their vibrant performance choreographed by Subhash &Team who made the audience tapping their foot continuously.

Abu Dhabi's Udupi Javaniaru presented the extrodinary Yakshagana 'Kamsa Vadhe' beautifully narrating the story in colorful costume and professional performance directed by Dinesh Poojary Kurkal. Followed was Padmashali UAE's skit on the existence of their community in a dramatic way continued with lively 'Fashion Parade' by their enthusiastic ladies and gents who presented exclusively handloom costumes on the ramp.

Blood donation campaign arranged by Dubai Blood Donation Centre put up their campaign at the venue from 3 PM to 8 PM and more than 40 members contributed in this event with the leadership of Bala Salian.

Mudra Dance Institute, Karama presented beautiful 'Vande Mataram' fusion dance choreographed by Prasanna Poojary followed by Karia Mix by Billawas Dubai which was choreographed by Vijay Jogi & Team of Ocean Kids.

Traditional Tiger dance was the show stealer of the vent with real body painted tiger dancers lead by Ganesh Urwa danced to the tune of live tiger band who took route dancing around the various stalls and appreciated by audience who garlanded them with currency notes wherever they danced. This act created the real festive atmosphere. Followed was Billawas Dubai who later presented another dance 'Mythological Mix' choreographed by Yathish Amin.

Guests Prof. Viveka Rai, Fr. Marcel Saldanha, Mayor Gulzar Banu, Dr. Mohan Alva, B.R.Shetty, Ashok Purohit, Navneeth Shetty & Vasanth Shetty were called upon on the stage and honoured with flowers.

Soon was launch ceremony of Sandhya Creations 'Nirel' maiden Tulu Feature Film exclusively to be shot in UAE locations. The launch ceremony was professionally done by the unit comprising of Director Ranjit Bajpe, Executive Producer Santosh Karkera, Asst. Director Rajnish Amin and in the presence of Shodhan Prasad. The main casts were present on the stage which was clicked by Dr. B.R. Shetty who blessed the unit on the creation. Before the launching ceremony was two dance sequences performed by professional dancers of Ocean Kids titled 'Dashavatara' & 'Yelu Bannada Loka' choreographed by Vinod Sequeira & Yathish Amin.

It was really heartening to see children of Saanidhya Special School performing 'Tulunada Vaibhava' lively on the stage which was perfomed by Hersheetha Padmanabha, Venisha Pais, Sharadi, Sidaramappa, Nitesh Kumar, Aashirvad Bhujang Shetty, Anup Baliga & Mohd Ishaq. This skit was choreographed by Shuba Seetharam, Vidya Shree & Vasanth Kumar Shetty of Saanidhya who might have taken lot of pains to present this unique event in this part of the world being first. Yet another history in the making and Nama Tuluveru proudly presented this beautiful event and recorded this moment with the presentation of the charity cheque to Convenor Vasanth Kumar Shetty in the presence of Dr. B.R. Shetty and main committee members. All the special children were felicitated with Mementos. Convenor Vasanth Shetty felicitated Nama Tuluver's Shodhan Prasad during this moment with Mementos specially prepared by the Special Children.

'Tulu Siri' a maiden website being one of the first exclusive Tulu Website done by creators Deepak D'Silva, Pradeep Barboza & Stanly, was launched being clicked by Dr. Mohan Alva on the main stage.

'Tuluvere Parba' theme song dance was performed by Karuna, Shradha, Praneetha, Ashwathi, Sandra , Niyuktha, Sree Durga, Ananya, Sanjana, Sushree, Himansh, Adams with the choreography by Yathish Amin.

Long awaited 'Appe Bhashe' Tulu Lipi exclusive book by Premjith & Shobitha Premjith was released by Prof. Viveka Rai and other Guests on the stage. This Tulu Lipi book being compiled in association with Tulu leaders Satish Ullal, Ritesh Kumar, Santosh Kumar, Ramesh Suverna, Kiran Suvarna & Subashchandra Shettigar is an unique presentation to the people of Tulunadu.

Followed were felicitation to Dr. Mohan Alva, Fr. Marcel Saldanha, Mayor Gulzar Banu, Prof. Vivek Rai, Vasanth Kumar Shetty & Ganesh Rai who were felicitated with Shawl, Flower Bouquet, Fruits Basket and Memento by the guests present on the stage.

Soon there was a Tablo procession comprising of presentations by three different faiths, Hindu, Muslim & Christian on the beautiful colourful tablos taking around the ground with Tiger Dancers and dancing audiences.

Another record breaking event was "Kateeldhappe Ullalthi" a true religious play being presented by Kishore D. Shetty's 'Sreelalitha Thanda' comprising of 26 member troupe exclusively flown from Mangalore who were successful in presenting this drama as 111th show for the first time outside India. The great drama was applauded for the brilliant performance combined with beautiful light and sound effects creatively presented which lasted around 3 hours with full fledge audience still glued to the seats till the end of the drama.

Before the concluding part was 'Raffle Draw' & 'Lucky Tuluva' draws conducted by Sarvotham Shetty followed by Vote of Thanks presented by Ganesh Rai. Kishore D. Shetty on behalf of Srilalalitha Thanda honoured Sudhakar Alva, Shodhan, Purushottam Salian & Noel Almeida of Nama Tuluveru for their support for 'Kateeldhappe Ullalthi Troupe'

Amchigele Samaj UAE, Beary's Cultural Froum, Billawas Dubai, Bunts UAE, Devadigara Sangha, Ganigara Association, Padmashali UAE, Mogaveers UAE, Mangalore Konkans, Sahebans UAE, Milagres Parishnors, Moodabidri Friends, Be Indie & Rushtic Tinge, Kateel Flowers, Land Traders etc. jointly supported the event with their active participation which created another great record with this event.

The whole team of Nama Tuluveru UAE have brilliantly done their job in presenting this unique programme and on behalf of the Team, Shodhan Prasad accepted the honour for the successful presentation of 'Tuluvere Parba 2012' in association with these active 15 associations of Tulunadu in UAE. The drama continued later until 12 midnight while the stalls were winding up with their last bit of tasty foods being provided to the rest of the audience.

The very famous Sarvotham Shetty along with Shodhan Prasad jointly conducted the whole days programme ably in their own style smoothly entertaining the whole audience throughout the day flawlessly.

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