Media Release
Kuwait, Oct 13: Tulu Parba - festival of culture and language is celebrated every year by Tulu Koota Kuwait (TKK). ‘Tulu Parba competitions 2018’ which is a first part of ‘Tulu Parba 2018’ was held on October 5 at Indian Community School, Salmiya with full of enthusiasm and pride.
Dr Preethi Shetty and Sathish Acharya compered the event. They briefed the gathering about Tulu Koota Kuwait. Community, culture and charity are the main mantras of Tulu Koota Kuwait and have been working around these three C’s since its inception with the motto ‘unity through language’. TKK promotes south Indian culture and support education through socio-welfare activities.
The programme began with Kuwait National Anthem followed by Indian National Anthem and prayer song by Ashwitha Surendra Poojary.
Along with the programme co-ordinator Geeta Suvarna, Reshma Wilson D’Souza the first Lady and all the TKK committee ladies officially inaugurated the event by lighting the lamp.
TKK president Wilson D’Souza welcomed the guests, judges for various competitions of the day and the members of Koota. He added that it is a great opportunity to the young and old to exhibit their talents and depict the glimpses of the rich Tulu culture and traditional values through various competitions like fancy dress, dance, art, model making etc. He addressed the crowd and invited all for the upcoming mega event ‘Tulu Parba 2018’.
Several competitions were held for all the age group, including cute baby's photo, paper collage, model making, drawing and other competitions including fancy dress (Indian traditional dress and great leaders), solo dance and so on. Special fun games like pundi and noodle eating completions attracted many participants. Other competitions like group fancy dress, pick and act and group dance entertained the whole gathering. Main attraction of the day was ‘super jodi’ which was a multi-round competition consisting of general knowledge test and other fun filled activities to choose the ‘super jodi’ of the year.
In addition to the above, TKK also hosted an inter-association group folk dance in which few associations actively participated and showcased their talent. Tharendra Shettigar conducted spot quiz for the gathering to keep them connected with the flow of the event.
The programme was well co-ordinated by Geeta Suvarna with the support of her team, committee members and volunteers, making the event a grand success with highest number of participants with quality performance.
Independent judges evaluated the performance of each competition and selected the best and deserving participants as winners. Prizes and certificates were awarded to the winners of the competition before concluding the event. The programme was concluded by vote of thanks delivered by general secretary Jagadeeshwara Shanubhogue.