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Saturday, November 25, 2006

Konkani festival from December 1

MANGALORE: Mandd Sobhann, an organisation dedicated to the promotion of the Konkani theatre and culture, will organise a heritage exhibition and youth festival at Kalaangan, Shaktinagar, from December 1 to 3, Eric Ozario, president of the Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy, said.

Mr. Ozario told presspersons here that the festival was being organised to commemorate the completion of 20 years of service by the organisation. The exhibition would feature traditional artefacts, implements, instruments and household articles. Quizzes would be held for different age groups and prizes would be distributed, he added.

A youth festival will be conducted in the amphitheatre, and will involve singing, dancing and skit competitions. The first day's events will be open to students of pre-university and the second day will be open to degree students. On December 3, the competitions will be open to all.

The first three winning teams will be given prizes of Rs. 5,000, Rs. 3,000 and Rs. 2,000.

The winning teams from the youth festival will perform on December 3 evening. The best team will be given an award of Rs. 5,555.

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