Media Release

Kuwait, Mar 26: The Tulu Koota Kuwait family get-together which was held on March 18 drew a large crowd at the Mishref Garden, here.

It was the unity of the committee members and the active participation of the audience that eventually led to the success of the family get-together.

The event was inaugurated first by the TKK kids singing the National Anthem live and live music by Valence Fernandes. The torch was then lit by the president, Harish Bhandary and the chief guest of the evening, Lawrence Saldanha. The vice president, Wilson D’Souza hoisted the flag while the sports secretary, Rajesh Poojary did the traditional breaking of the coconut as they declared the event open.

The chief guest of the day was Lawrence Saldanha, general manager at Arabian Darb Company and well-known for his philanthropic activities in Mangaluru. He has built a stadium in Mangaluru, a hospital, an English medium school to name some of his charitable works. He in his speech informed that is proud to be part of Tulu Koota Kuwait as this is the only organization in the region that has people from Tulunadu belonging to all religions. He hopes that Tulu Koota Kuwait continues to grow and hence strengthen its charitable work.

Suresh Salian conceptualized the inauguration idea, while the get-together was very well coordinated by the sports secretary, Rajesh Poojary. It started off with Zumba and Bollywood steps dance by the children. Children of 0-2 years played passing the teddy and kids of 2-4 did the ribbon race and collecting the ball with ease, while the 4-6 year olds competed in zig-zag walk and water and fire games. The 6-9 year olds played run pick and run, ring in the wicket and single wicket throw. Little bigger boys and girls played Slow Tyre game, Lagori, Lemon Spoon race and the traditional Kutti donne.
Ladies and gents enjoyed Breaking the Pot, Kutti Donne and Head twist games, while couples played balancing the orange and Rock n Roll games.

There were team games like throwball, volleyball, kabbadi, Govinda and tug of war which were played. Men and women arrived in large numbers to register their teams as they kept the audience fascinated and engrossed for an extensive length of time. The throwball tournament for ladies was won by Strikers 11 and the runners up were Billava Sangha Kuwait. Kabbadi tournament was won by Billava Sangha Kuwait while the runners up were Mangaluru Friends. Volleyball tournament was won by Kunjal Friends A and the runners up were Kunjal Friends B.

A game of housie housie was hosted by Suresh Shyam Rao while the audience settled down after the games and quiz was conducted by Tarendra Shettigar in between the games. The event concluded with a vote of thanks given by Satish Acharya. The event was beautifully hosted by Preeti Shetty, Purandar Manchi, Sushma Bangera and Lionel Mascarenhas. A scrumptious lunch was served by M & M confectionaries, while lightings and sound was arranged by Anand Illuminations.

The success of the event is owed to the wholehearted support of all the committee members, who toiled day and night to achieve their target.