Onam Celeberations, 2010

This year we celebrated Onam on 5th September 2010 at Sunshine Park. All the Malayalees in St.John's participated in the celebration.

Celeberations started with "Atha Pookalam". The rich cultural heritage of Kerala came out in its best form and spirit with "Onappattu" and "Onakkali".

Kutty uncle's Columbian daughter-in law and a friend from Novascotia also joined the celebrations with all of us.

Highpoint of the day was the enormous Onasadya with the traditional style. We never felt that we are 8000 miles away from Kerala by enjoying the "Sadya" in typical banana leaf.

Number of sports and games events were also organised on the day like volley ball, foot ball, Vadam vali, Cards etc. to add spice to the celebration.

Photo courtesy : Jenny John

Christmas Party 2010

This years Christmas celebration was at Rajan Uncle’s residence on 28^th December 2010.

Everybody was dressed up to match the ambience. We tasted some typical Kerala style food like Malabar Porotta and Ada Pradhaman. The food was delicious.

We are very thankful to Mr. Joy and his family who came from Calgary to join the celebration.

Photo courtesy : Rujy Chandy

David Manoj Issac's Birthday

David's second birthday was celebrated on 28th December 2010. Most of the St. John's Malayalees attended the function to bless him. The cake cutting was followed by a sumptuous and delicious lunch. Rujy and Chithran were behind the camera. Kutty uncle entertained the gathering with anecdotes about his recent visit to India. The atmosphere was filled with fun and frolic.

Canada Day Mallu Picnic 2010

The mallus in St. John's, Newfoundland celebrated the Canada Day 2010 differently this time. On July 1st, 2010, we organized a picnic and lunch at the Sunshine Park in St. John's, Newfoundland. The idea was floated by Dr. Asokan and soon the rest of the mallu crowd agreed to it. There were people from all age groups (1.5 to 80 years) adding to a total of 24 people at the Park. It was a day of fun, filled with sports, games and good food. We had fun playing Football, Cricket, Frisbie, Tug-O-War, Musical Chair etc. and had a wonderful BBQ lunch. The following are some pictures taken from this eventful day.

All photos courtesy of Vineetha Warrier.

Sports & Games at the Sunshine Park



























The BBQ at Sunshine Park













The Tug-'O'-War