Mangalore, Dec 19: CEO of Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project (PBTDP) and chairman of Karavali Utsav Beach Festival Committee Yathish Baikampady said that a beach festival would be organised as part of Karavali Utsav 2014-15, for a period of nine days starting from December 24.
Briefing mediapersons at a press conference here on Friday, he said that events would be held at the Panambur beach all through the nine days including competitions such as boating, sand sculpture, beach volleyball for men and women, skating for children and kite-flying display by'Team Mangalore'.
December 24: The beach festival, as part of Karavali Utsav 2014-15, will be inaugurated on Wednesday at 4.30 p.m. At the same time, the food festival will also be inaugurated, following which there will be kite-flying display of attractive kites by internationally-renowned'Team Mangalore'.
On the same day, there will be a dance competition for teams selected in preliminary rounds, followed by a cultural programme by a renowned team from Gujarat.
December 25: On Thursday, there will be cultural performance by a team of artistes from north Karnataka and a singing competition for selected teams. The same day, there will be a beach cricket tournament for local cricket teams.
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, there will be special cultural performances by internationally-renowned'Kalamandalam' team from Kerala Samajam, Mangaluru.
On Saturday, there will be preliminary round of beach volleyball competition for men and women. On Sunday, there will be boating competition, sand sculpture competition, skating competition for school children and final round of beach volleyball competition for men and women, he said.
On Monday and Tuesday, there will be cultural performances by artistes from north Karnataka and other cultural groups.
On December 31, there will be a special musical performance by a Mangaluru-based team led by Lavita Lobo, along with New Year celebrations for families, said Mr Baikampady.
On January 1, there will be a valedictory programme of Karavali Utsav 2014-15, followed by performance by movie singer Ramdas, Nithin Acharya and other singers from Mangaluru.
Assistant Commissioner, Mangaluru and working president of Beach Utsav Committee Ashok D R and others were present.
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