Twin cities break into celebrations

Twin cities break into celebrations

Staff Correspondent - The Hindu

Folk dance, music concerts, stage plays and painting add glitz to Dharwad Utsava

RIOT OF COLOUR:Children taking part in the drawing competition and folk troupe performs in Dharwad as part of Dharwad Utsav on Sunday.

DHARWAD: It was a wonderful Sunday for the residents here as the city wore a colourful look, thanks to the cultural, entertainment and sports events of the Dharwad Utsava 2010-11.

The ‘Janapada Kalavahini' procession that depicted the rich folk culture of the land was a major attraction along with scores of other programmes. The procession began from the R. N. Shetty stadium and passed through the major streets of the city adding flavour to the celebrations.

As it was a holiday, all programmes witnessed good turnout with people from neighbouring villages thronging the venues.

While the vibrant dance forms like Kamsali, Gurji Kunita and skating dance along with some folk performance thrilled the audience, magician Kudroli Ganesh cast his spell by riding through major streets of the city blindfolded. Nearly 600 children took part in the painting competition at the serene Kittur Chennama Park.

Big applause

Kananda play Harishchandra by Shivakumar Kalasangha, Sane Halli, won a big applause.

The cultural and entertainment programmes were held on the sprawling Karnatak College grounds here, with the imposing college building of the British era in the backdrop, giving a perfect environ for the festival.

The salubrious climate coupled with flowery surroundings added flavour to the events. Similarly, the district administration held a 10-km half marathon which marathon began from Karnatak College circle to culminate at ISCKON temple in Rayapur. Deputy Commissioner Darpan Jain stole the show by joining the runners and completing the 10-km run.