News: Shodhan Prasad
Gudaibiya, Bahrain Apr 15: Mogaveer Bahrain which has been celebrating its decennial celebration grandly by conducting prescheduled ten special events throughout the year, recently conducted its 8th programme ‘Atil’, a famous Tulunadu food festival at the premises of Indian Club located in Gudaibiya.
This great food festival of Tulunadu which is being conducted right from the formation of the association with the event-title ‘Atil’ is one of the most primary programmes of Mogaveers Bahrain. It is also one of the most meaningful programmes that is being celebrated among Tulu-Kannada community people of Bahrain with their greater appreciation. Like in previous food festivals, varieties of mouthwatering traditional home recipes of the homeland were exhibited and tasted. Moreover, country style fun-games that suit the festival were also organized.
This time too, more than hundreds of tasty vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes, traditional yummy dishes and snacks and variety of sweet snacks and foods of the homeland played big role in this mega food fair. Lip-smacking seafood delicacies of coastal region were the primary attraction. Huge variety of these foods satisfied the desire of the people who attended the food festival in expectation of having flavorsome mother-made recipes. Many people participated and enjoyed the various amusing games.
At the beginning of the programme, the president of the association Leeladhar Baikampady welcomed the gathering and delivered the introductory speech. The vice president Sharmila Bhaskar Kanchan greeted the invitees and extended her wishes for the success of the food festival. Vittal Suvarna, the senior member inaugurated this food festival by breaking a coconut as a traditional ritual. Later, as per Tulunadu culture, under the leadership of Sunanda Seetharam Puthran, the female members of the association inaugurated the food exhibition and enjoyment of delicious food varieties by serving various dishes on banana leaf tip and offered them to mother nature symbolically.
Thereafter, the huge audience that gathered there was invited to view the food items and to enjoy them. The people who gathered were very much satisfied with the arrangements of providing a variety of tasty foods and the organization of long-forgotten fun-games. Many people from the audience expressed their appreciation. Some varieties of fresh vegetables and raw fish were also exhibited at the food festival. Towards the end, an auction of all the things in traditional style was also held. Neighboring people from Saudi Arabia were also invited for this grand food festival and participated happily in the celebration that was conducted successfully.
On behalf of the association, gratitude was expressed and gifts were presented to all the members as well to those who prepared variety of dishes at their homes and also to the people who extended their support for successfully organizing this great food festival. The association’s general secretary Rajesh Mendon and the entertainment secretary Suresh Amin worked hard in organizing this festival successfully. Chandra Mendon, Puneeth Puthran and Padmanabh Kanchan also extended special co-operation for organizing the festival. Pradeep Mulki, Nagesh Naik, Manohar Hejmady, Theertha Suvarna and Suresh Salian have overseen the event responsibly.
The president of the Indian Club Anand Lobo and Naveen Mendon of Intercol were the main sponsors of this great food festival ‘Atil’. At the end of the event, the president of the association Leeladhar Baikampady expressed his gratitude to all the people and the sponsors for their full co-operation in various ways. Prasad compered the programme.