Report & pics by Wilson Saldanha Shirthady.
Kuwait,Sep 15: Abbasiya Families Kuwait of St Daniel Comboni Parish Abbassiya celebrated the feast of nativity on Friday 13th September 2013 at Integrated Indian School premises. The program started with general welcome by Deepak Andrade. The statue of Mother Mary was brought in a procession to the stage by Gurkars of the day Mark D’Souza and Meera Castelino along with paddy grain and dates. Children carrying fresh flowers along with Fr. Noel Almeida, visiting priest Fr. Joel Rocky D’Souza and Deacon Sylvester D’Souza went on procession to the Altar. Hymns were sung by the choir members lead by Konkani’s Golden Voice Ronny D’Cunha and Jasmine D’Cunha.
Flowers were offered and showered by a record number of kids in a very traditional way. Mass in Konkani was offered during the celebration. Mangalore’s harvest Paddy grain and dates were blessed by Fr. Joel Rocky D’Souza during mass and distributed to the gathered. Children were overwhelmed with rarely seen ‘sugarcane’ (Kobu) which gave complete enjoyment and excitement of feast.
Gurkars of the day day Mark D’Souza and Meera Castelino invited everyone to have blessed traditional vegetarian dinner in Mangalorean traditional way by offering water in ‘Chembu’. Deacon Sylvester D’Souza lead the grace before meal. Ronny Fernandes proposed Vote of thanks. There were a row of entertainment programs like dances, hymns, songs, Jokes etc while the guests were served the traditional feast dinner prepared by M & M caterers on Banana leaves which was appreciated by every one for its unique taste with Typical Mangalorean Flavor. Various hymns were sung by the Choir group under the guidance of Rony D’Cunha. The Program was well compered by Deepak Andrade and Adeline Castelino.
Grand event in traditional Mangalorean style brought back nostalgic memoriesof yore.Well organised and managed by the event organisers for such a huge crowd. Good reporting and media coverage of event. Keep it up guys!
congrats to abassiya families kuwait what grand monthi feast very nice organised even shows the unity , let it remain forever realy u r the role model for others keep it abasians
good photos. keep it up.
Best Konkani Choir.
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