Media Release
California, Apr 14: All America Tulu Association (AATA), with a mission to bring all the people with Tulu roots from USA and Canada together to preserve, support and promote Tulu language and culture is organizing Bisu Prabha 2023. Tulu new year celebration ‘Bisu Parba’ is a cultural show and celebration of Tuluva traditions, and is an annual virtual event organized by AATA since 2021. This is another step from AATA that brings tulunad festivals closer to North American Tuluvas. This virtual event is committed to bring North American Tuluva talents, artistry to the public, invite Tulu scholars and achievers from Tulunad as well as from USA and Canada to the stage. This has given an opportunity to all the AATA members and Tuluvas around the world to enjoy the festivities from the comfort of their home.
The bisu parba virtual event will have chief guests and dignitaries from tulunad, USA and Canada. Well known tulu scholar and researcher Dr Sayeegeeta - head of Tulu Studies & Humanities, Nitte University India, Tuluva Tech entrepreneur Sekhar Naik - founder and president MResults, Connecticut USA, Dr Rajendra Kedlaya – researcher and Yakshagana artiste from Indiana USA, Tuluva pride Raghuram Shetty - Hollywood actor, writer and director, California USA, and AATA president - Bhaskar Sherigar, Boston USA will grace the event.
Tulu literature and language is not getting its due support from governments, but AATA would like to do a bit of its contribution to preserve Tulu literature and heritage. AATA is taking a huge step of setting up a Tulu online library ‘Rani Abbakka Genada Chavadi’ in the name of legendary Rani Abbakka. Chief guest Dr Sayeegeeta will do the honour of the inauguration of the online library. Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy has kindly agreed to support this by giving the rights of its publications to publish in this online library. AATA would like to thank Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy for this great gesture. The dignitaries will share their experiences, advice and inspire the younger generation. The event will also showcase cultural performances from tuluvas talent of United States of America and Canada.
AATA would like to invite all the tuluvas throughout the globe to witness this event and requests to extend the support. AATA Bisu Parba is being premiered on YouTube on April 16 at 11.30 AM EST/10.30 AM Central/8.30 AM Pacific/9 PM India and at 7.30 PM UAE time zones.
The premiere is available in YouTube at: www.aatana.org/bisu_parba_2023