World Carnival at City Centre Mall - a Never-before Entertainment Opportunity

International artistes from Europe and Egypt are down in the city, entertaining the shoppers of at the City Centre Mall from October 6 to 15.

Breath-taking Tanura dance, butterflies on stilts, fire show, and football show and silver lady mime statue, to name a few, are the special attractions of the Carnival. Harsons India is hosting various programmes.

Egyptian artiste Khaled’s Tanura dance stole the hearts of many. The man whirls round and round with tricks of fire and water and the graceful Bulgarian stilt-walkers and tube show became the favorites among the kids. Khaled has been working with Harsons India company for the past 5 years. He has two children and he says he has taught his 5-year-old daughter spin dance. He says it is an art form and invocation to God. This is a very difficult dance and he uses water and fire while dancing. He says he loves Mangalore and Mangaloreans, the local cuisine and the hospitality. 

The dancers from Bulgaria and Egypt will be entertaining the shoppers with ballet dance, fire dance and arabic dances. The show starts from 3.30p.m and goes on till 8 p.m. Ivan from Bulgaria is a professional ballet dancer for the past 36 years. He does tube show as well as tic-tac. Speaking to Mangalorean.com he said that he likes variety in dancing. This is his fourth visit to India and the very first to Mangalore. He says he likes Mangalore and would like to give more shows in the city. "Mangloreans are so good and they are good in hospitality," says Ivan. 

Elena, Dancho and Diana are doing their art over the past 15 years They find pleasure in doing so. They love to go around and see the beaches in Mangalore.

While the performances will hold viewers awe-struck, there will be loads of gifts and goodies to be won till the last day of the World Carnival.

Apart from that, the main attraction will be the “Lucky Auction”. Every shopaholic purchasing more than worth Rs 2000 gets to register for an auction. Lucky seven will then be selected through adraw scheme, who will be eligible to participate in the special fun auction. It is special because the auctioning for bumper prizes daily comes with a twist of a suspense buzzer. Suspense buzzer closes the deal and the last bid is auctioned. While the winner walks away with the gift of the day the rest get gift

vouchers from our sponsors.

All this and much more including a whole lot of discount vouchers will be given away for the customers.

Schedule of shows:

From Oct 6 to Oct 15, 2011

2.30-2.50 -Tanura Dance

3.00-3.15- Dragon stilts

3.15-3.30- Living Statue

3.45-4.00- M.C games

4.30- 5.00- Tanura Dance

5.00-5.15- Butterfly stilts

5.15-5.30- Foot ball show

5.30-6.00- M.C games

6.00-6.45- White stilts

6.45-7.15- Tanura Dance

7.15-7.20- Fire show (inside the mall)

7.30-7.45- Tube show

8.00-8.15- Fire Show (outside the mall)