World Tourism Day 2015 in Pondicherry
students performing at the Puducherry Extravaganza 2015 as part of World Tourism Day held on Beach Road in Puducherry on Sunday
Maintaining balance as part of a human pyramid is
challenging enough. The team from the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya took
things a step further by doubling up as ‘parai aattam’ (a type of
percussion) drummers, drawing cheers from the audience on Sunday
evening.
With 20 different cultural programmes, the
three-hour ‘Puducherry Extravaganza’ organised as part of World Tourism
Day celebrations by the Department of Tourism, lived up to its name.
More
than 100 students from Department of Tourism Studies, Pondicherry
University, Kendriya Vidyalaya 1, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya,
Bharathidasan Government College for Women and a team from NGO
Volontariat participated in the programmes.
Cultural
elements from across the country -- folk dances from Tamil Nadu and
North East India, Bihu for instance, apart from Odissi, Kathakali and
songs -- were part of the programme. Sunday’s line-up of programmes also
included the three best skits from ‘Nukkad’ the inter-collegiate
competition on responsible tourism.
‘One billion tourists’
“The
skit competition was organised to create awareness among the youth on
responsible tourism, covering areas like hygiene and cleanliness. These
youth will be tourists in other places and must know about responsible
behaviour,” said Y. Venkata Rao, Head, Department of Tourism Studies,
Pondicherry University.
Prize winners of various
events such as photography, cookery and cultural competitions and the
skit competitionwere awarded at the programme, attended by Chief
Minister N. Rangasamy, Tourism Minister P. Rajavelu and others. The
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) which declared ‘One billion tourists,
one billion opportunities’ as theme for World Tourism Day 2015, has
identified five areas of commitment fromtourists: buy local, respect
local culture, save energy, protect heritage and use public transport.
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