Kuwait: BSK celebrates ‘Buntaayana 2019’ with grace, splendor

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Kuwait, Nov 07 2019:  Buntara Sangha Kuwait (BSK) celebrated its 17th year of annual cultural fest with grace and splendor under the leadership of Guruprasad Hegde on October 18, at the American United School auditorium, Sabah Al Salem, here.

Chief guests B Vivek Shetty and Shashidhar Shetty, along with guest artistes Manju Rai Muloor and Nishan Rai walked the aisle of the auditorium to the tunes of traditional Chende and the warmth of aarti reception by the BSK ladies.

The event for the day commenced with the National Anthem of Kuwait and India respectively, followed by a prayer song to Lord Ganesha by Amith Shetty, Lohith Shetty, Rajesh Pakkala, Sandesh Shetty, Prashanth Shetty, Deepa Shetty, Reshma Shetty, Laxmi Shetty, Sushma Shetty and Anusha Shetty. Invocation dance with Natasha Shloka followed by Sri Ganesha Pushpanjali choreographed by Arundhati was well received by the audience with a thunderous round of applause. BSK managing committee, former presidents along with chief guests inaugurated the programme by lighting the lamp. Guest of honor, Indian Ambassador to Kuwait, His Excellency K Jeeva Sagar along with BSK former presidents, managing committee, chief guests, presidents of other South Canara associations were part of BSK souvenir release for the year 2019.

BSK vice-president Rakshak Shetty welcomed the chief guests and the audience and extended his best wishes to the artistes and participants of Buntaayana 2019.

BSK felicitated their members, Aikala Sudhakar Shetty, Kanjar Pattada Mane Vivek Shetty Belman and Chandrahas Shetty Kathalsar for their selfless service, long term support and contribution to the association. BSK felicitated the chief guests of the programme, Shashidhar Shetty and B Vivek Shetty, along with guest artistes Manju Rai Muloor and Nishan Rai. Both the chief guests addressed the audience with inspirational and thoughtful words relevant for today’s society and the historic values of Bunts culture and tradition.

Educational excellence and sports awards were distributed to our achievers. Khushi Prakash Shetty, Shreenidhi B Shetty and Yash Y Alva received the award for their SSLC excellence, while Prachetha Shetty for her 12th standard and Prapti Shetty for her outstanding performance in inter-school sports excellence.

BSK president, Guruprasad Hegde addressed the audience and highlighted BSK growth over the years, it’s role in society and its righteous welfare activities. He expressed his gratitude to his managing team and BSK members for their love and support. He thanked both the chief guests for gracing the occasion as well as leading an exemplary role in society and in particular among the Bunt community.

BSK also extended its gratitude to Parmananda Salian, Satisha Acharya, Vdhushi Shanthala Satisha, Mithun Vishwanath, Archana Sinha, Arundhati S John and her invocation dance team from Nritta Dhyana.

The cultural event hosted by Manju Rai raised the audience cheers to his timely wit and humor. Known for his comedy timing, this young man kept the audience smiling as well as his ability in delivering a good message, of leading a harmonious life and giving quality time to family. Nishan Rai, the young and dynamic sensational singer brought in melody and with his magical voice coupled with beautiful rendition rocked the stage and entertained the audience. The lighting and glittering sound with the interaction of these two guest artistes with the audience was well received. Nishan truly is a bundle of talent who not only lived upto the crowd’s expectation but also made the crowd go full on with few joining him on stage with some dance moves. The association’s own BSK lil champs with their innocence and sway dance moves choreographed by cultural secretary, Shruthi Rai Pakkala was mesmerizing. Three Indian classical dances, Bharatanatyam, Kathak and Yakshagana set the stage live on fire with beautiful choreography from Prapti P Shetty, Archana Sinha and Manjula P Shetty respectively. The classical dance concluded with a fusion of contemporary moves and gracious synchronizing of rhythm.

The highlight of the evening ‘Sri Ramana Dharmanade’, a historical epic was enacted by close to 70 BSK artistes. The artistes’ performance was outstanding and received standing ovation on few occasions. The showcase of Rama-Sita swayamvar was gracious and filled with grandeur, the entrance of Ravana and his forceful dragging of Sita by dubious attempt was so powerful and dramatic, the killing of the divine bird Jatayu and his untimely death was far more emotionally enacted, the grand entrance of Hanuman with his vanar sena lifted the emotional mood of the audience, the background music of Jagadeesh Puttur was both melodious and foot tapping. The overall drama of close to two hours, which started with a beautiful contemporary dance by BSK ladies was well received by the audience and finally concluded to a grand stage reception by all the artistes to a standing ovation and thunderous applause. ‘Sri Ramana Dharmanade’ had scripts by Parmananda Salian and was directed by Satisha Acharya. Choreography was done by Vidhushi Shanthala Satisha and overall performance was led by cultural secretary Shruthi Rai Pakkala.

The managing committee led by president, Guruprasad Hegde has made Buntaayana 2019 a huge success and has raised the BSK benchmark in its cultural fest by far. The event was hosted by Preeti Shetty, Shalini Vijay Shetty, Manju Rai Muloor and programme co-ordinator, Shruthi Rai Pakkala assisted by Jayasheel Shetty. The Sanadige (traditional deepa/lamp) was beautifully dressed and decorated by Reeta Karunakar Shetty. The PRO team led by Prema Shetty along with her cultural sub-committee members decorated the reception arena to the theme of Diwali lanterns, lights, rangoli and temple in the foreground. The whole atmosphere was divine and blissful.

The event concluded with the vote of thanks by general secretary Dhiraj Shetty. BSK extended its gratitude to the management of American United School for their utmost support and beautiful venue for Buntaayana 2019. The audience was invited to a rich savory by the best catering service in Kuwait, Oriental Restaurant.