- Karaikal Carnival
Karaikal Carnival is a cultural
festival organised by the Tourism Department, during thePongal Festival inKaraikal , one of the four parts of Union Territory ofPuducherry (Fomerly Pondicherry), to promotetourism in the district.This year the
Carnival was planned in a grand manner and at a larger scale. The competitive ingredients this year packed with lot of cultural and sports events likeMarathon , Cycle Race,Bullock cart Race, etc., for students and the public.Entertainment included the cinematic attractions like
folk music by Paravai Muniyamma, anOrchestra by the famous Lakshman Sruthi and atheatre by humour scriptistCrazy Mohan .For the first time ever, the people of the District are experiencing an
airshow performed by the personnel ofIndian Air Force , where the people of IAFparachute d out of ahelicopter from a height of 3000 feet.A
flotilla has been constructed inArasalar at Beach Road where one can dine in midst the water.The District Collector, Mr. Sudhir Kumar, I.A.S., is conducting the
fête with the Prime functioning of Tourism Department and coordination of all other Departments to say Education, Public Works, etc.A song was composed by Mr. Natarajan, son of 'Kalaikavalar' Karai Subbaiyah and was played for audience at the valedictory function. The song can be downloaded [http://audio.isg.si/audiox/?q=node/8959 here] .
External links
* [http://karaikal.nic.in/Carnival/2007CarnivalPage.htm The Government's Website]
* [http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID=%7B133B2E0F-DB4C-49B0-B241-A8853D8FF39D%7D&CATEGORYNAME=Tamil+Nadu On Chennai Online]
* [http://nagarealm.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3034 Nagland Team Leaves for the fête ]
* [http://audio.isg.si/audiox/?q=node/8959 The Carnival Song Page]
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