Media Release
Doha, Feb 15: The series of events conducted by Tulu Koota Qatar to create environment awareness culminated with 'Parisar Krida' competitions for its members on Friday February 13 at Ashoka Hall ICC.
The motto of the competitions was to encourage maximum participation without having any rules attached to the competitions. It was overwhelming to see a large number of participants in the competitions among the Tulu Koota members. Children as well as adults participated in the event in big numbers.
All the attending members were registered for the programme with details of contact numbers.
Competitions were held in skits, short films, poster or structure making, seminar and water/electricity saving campaign for kids and adults.
Puspa Rajan, activity coordinator at Bhavan’s Public School and Arun Kumar, past president of Karnataka Sangha were the judges for the competitions.
All the articles of the competition were registered and displayed with code numbers. The posters were very descriptive and with punching slogans on water, electricity and other natural resources. The posters also carried messages on the possible solutions that one can use in one's daily life for reducing the consumption of energy.
The second category was art out of scrap. In this section all the participants enthusiastically participated and showcased different items made out of scrap. It was interesting as metal scrap was used to make stools, cloth hangers and furniture. Other insteresting items were artifact from waste wood, flower pot from waste plastic and rubber tyre was also used to make beautiful artifacts which can be used in living rooms.
Tulu Koota also distributed green t-shirts which carried the logo of Tulu Koota and 'Go Green' message. This was done with a view that people while participating in the programme feel the spirit of environment protection.
After the judges finished the rounds for art work it was time for the skit competition which was also the main attraction of the event.
In between the skit competition, a quiz competition was also planned executed, conducted by engineer Navin Hegde. He tactfully engrossed the audience in the quiz game and explored their inquisitive sense. The quiz was open to the audience and it encouraged them to think and rack their brains.
The highlight of the quiz competition was the prizes for the winners. Tulu Koota gave away jute bags to the people who answered the questions correctly. This was done with a view to stress that in it is high time that people use jute bags instead of plastic ones.
The jute bags carried the message 'I am fantastic... dont use plastic'.
People also registered for reducing water /electricity bills as a concrete form of caution towards preservation of energy and water.
The skit competition was held in two categories, for kids and for adults.
The kids titled their skit 'Asatoma sadgamaya' (From darkness to lightness). The entire skit used dance, humour and music to spread the message and call upon people to not waste water and other forms of resources and energy. They also conveyed the message to everyone in the crowd to plant a tree and save paper by saying no to exams! The skit was thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated by the audience.
The four skits by the adults were titled 'Earth in 1970 v/s Earth 2015', 'Fast development and its consequences', 'Don't make it a plastic planet' and 'Destruction of environment is our destruction'.
All the skits highlighted the destruction caused due to people's irresponsible actions and the consequences of today's fast-paced life on the environment. The most interesting aspect was that the participants conveyed the serious message with an element of humour, making it lively and enjoyable for the audience. Evidently there were thunderous rounds of applause in between the skits which showed the amount of people's enjoyment and involvement during the skit presentation.
All the participants also made it a point that the props used in the skit were minimum and were made out of waste items.
In the end the results were declared and winners were awarded jute bags along with prizes. Dignitaries from ICC and other organizations' presidents were present to grace the occasion.
In the end a thanksgiving and entertainment event with environment as theme was presented.
Tulu Koota president welcomed the gathering and thanked all the members for responding to the grave call of the hour.
All the organizations that supported in taking the mission ahead and allowed Tulu Koota to use their premises and the member staff were felicitated by presenting mementos. The president thanked all the organizations and mentioned that it was their response that encouraged Tulu Koota to move relentlessly in the mission of environmental awareness. He also reiterated that without the support of the organizations it would have been impossible to cover the large section of society in such a short time.
Mementos were presented to the following members and organizations:
Cape East
Galfar
HBK
Grand Qatar Palace
Golden Ocean Hotel
Village Garden restaurant
Little Flower Kindergarten
Al Million Services , Trad & Cont. Co.
Maza Restaurant
Qatar Cricket Association Academy
Sterling Group of Caterers
DOPET
Qatar Finland International School
MES, Indian School
DPS, Indian school
LULU, Hyper Market
LnT
Al-Balagh
Mementos were also presented to Karnataka Sangha Qatar in recognition of its effort towards the same cause, and to Geetha S Shetty, mother of Chaitali Suhas Shetty for her support throughout the campaign.
Vismaya Vinayak, well-known artiste from Mangaluru, singer of hit Tulu movie song 'Premanathe pass athe' graced the occasion and beautifully performed mimicry on the theme of nature and its elements. He also presented a mime show with live sound effects in the background which evoked a riot of laughter among the audience. Even two-year-old kids were also seen enjoying the show.
He also presented a mime show on the theme of merits and demerits of mobile phones. The mime did have sounds but the message was clear to the audience.
All the participants were given the Go Green t-shirts and jute bags as a token of appreciation for joining the movement and taking the mission ahead.