Wednesday, July 23, 2008

SGSA organizes Kesaru Gadde Aata--Courtesy Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (RD)





Report and pics from Hemanath PadubidriDaijiworld Media Network – Udupi (RD)

Udupi, Jul 21: Except the two blinking eyes, no other parts of their physique could be seen. They are completely covered with mire. Everyone around there seems to have been decked with wet clay. Those who clean themselves with clean water are once again pushed to the quagmire. They are greeted, welcomed, saluted and honoured with wet clay. Yet no one seems to be tiring or getting irritated. They form teams and play tug-of-war in that wet, sloppy field. Though all of them seemed to have come out of their childhood, they conduct themselves like the toddlers rolling in the wet rainy fields.
This scene is not narrated from any recent sandalwood blockbuster. This was seen in the kambala field at Guddeangadi near Alevoor here on Sunday July 20. The occasion was the tug-of-war and wet field race organized by Sarvajanika Ganeshotsava samiti.
It was fun all around as children, women, youngsters all spent their Sunday painting them with wet clay, jumping, dancing all around the wet miry field. It was 'eye-catching' to see people leading the race falling short by distance at the end after failing to negotiate the silt while a few others who were ready for the final hurray in tug-of-war slipping and surrendering the prize to the opposite side.-