Malay Vanadium!! Up for early breakfast 7:30 AM At 8 Guna picked me up on his motorbike. We drove to the Stadium, as he had got me a VIP ticket to watch the Republic Day celebrations in Puducherry. We sat in a special decorated tent with the Chief Minister of Puducherry. Real flower garlands are hanging ( see pics) and the women have real flowers in their hair. The white magnolia flowers have a powerful and lovely scent. There were presentations to Army Police and people recognized for community service etc....lots of awards. Then many cultural dances and displays by various schools, all of whom were competing for excellence awards. It was a very good show. Many floats went by and all are for you to see, or at least some, as I took too many. What a great opportunity and privilege to see this. I am grateful to Guna.
Above Governor's house decorated with lights at night
At the stadium. The guy in white under the tent is the Chief Minister of Puducherry who gave out the awards.
Real flowers hanging
Our tent above
The Chief Minister reviewing military
Decoration in our tent
March past above and below
So many groups represented from Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, police etc
Above, Indians from other states in India recognized in the march past
Floats galore
Below, the new fire truck on show
Above....on the float, a demo to show how police can catch the terrorists above at a shopping mall. Full sound system to all this
Above and below: Yoga International....this kid was amazing, most of us can't do any of his moves
The Wheel.....Oh Gerda, I think of you!
He got lots of applause
Float to bring awareness of child sex abuse
Dances were phenomenal, and so many. I have lots more pics
Below: boys doing some gymnastic moves
Different school groups did these amazing presentations. I haven't seen this before!!
Grand Finale below
These boys below did a presentation and mimed out traffic accidents, all to show obey traffic rules!!
On the way out I had to have a pic with these lovely dancers up front. They are gorgeous.
No comments:
Post a Comment