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The three-day yearly Karaikal Carnival began connected Friday with a colourful taste procession that drew much than 2,000 participants and a ample turnout of residents and tourists successful Karaikal.
The carnival and fruit-and-vegetable accumulation are being jointly organised by the Tourism, Art and Culture, and Farmers’ Welfare departments of the Government of Puducherry. As portion of the inauguration, a expansive taste procession taken retired from the Kovilipattu Ezhaimariyamman temple area.
The procession was flagged disconnected by Puducherry Tourism Minister P.R.N. Thirumurugan, MLAs A.M.H. Nazim and Naga Thiyagarajan, and Karaikal Collector A.S.P.S. Ravi Prakash.
Over 40 tableaux presented by schools and colleges, involving implicit 1,000 students, showcased a scope of people creation forms, including bommalattam, villupattu, karagattam, thappattam, and mayilattam. Police set performances and taste troupes from neighbouring States added to the festivities.
Tableaux by assorted authorities departments highlighted nationalist payment schemes portion students staged consciousness skits connected societal issues specified arsenic substance abuse. The procession passed done Bharathiar Road and Thomas Arul Veedhi earlier concluding astatine the Government Sports Stadium connected V.O.C. Road, wherever the carnival formally began with euphony programmes and sports competitions.
