Dammam: The month of April 2015 began with a dreadful sand-storm which kept the people’s mood unstable and for many days the weather kept alarming the uncertainty in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. On April 16, Jam’iyyatul Falah’s volunteers had the faith in Allah and His blessings and kept their preparation in full swing for the annual event of family-get-together ‘JF Coastal Festival 2015’. The pleasant evening had extinguished the fear of misfortune and brought back the mood of festival with a huge gathering of above 1500 people.
The promise made by the JF event organizers had given the crowd a wonderful opportunity to bring together the spirit of Mangaluru and created the environment of Festival. The theme of the event ‘Our Community is Better Together’ has fulfilled with joy and excitement. Men, women and children had discovered an amazing native atmosphere of Mangaluru.
The radiant and enjoyable social event offered by one of the distinguished society of Mangalore Diaspora arranged by the charitable organization ‘Jam’iyyatul Falah’ (Dammam Unit), a Karnataka State award winner for .Best NGO.
The evening was filled with fun and frolic, Quran recitation competition for different age groups children, Quiz Competition for Adult and different types of games for Children and Adult with much more fun and excitement had kept the crowd entertaining till 3:00am. The event also brought together the spirit & essence of Karnataka.
The celebration commenced as scheduled with an introductory speech by the President of JF Dammam Unit Mohammad Wahid and the Qirath by Master Salman Ashraf had opened team event. Immediately followed the dinner and the dinner was the ‘Taste of the Evening’ which squeezed and jammed the crowd to taste the scrumptious and lip-smacking food catered by the famous Indian Restaurant “Batkhal House” of Dammam. The mouth-watering Indian cuisine creates a center of attention to the crowd and enjoyed the yummy and delicious native taste.
The attractive kiosk from Al Jufailah Corporation, the sole distributor of Al-Kabeer Frozen Products, had pulled the crowd with their appetizing aroma to taste the sample of their new products. Suhana Travel sponsored one-way Air-Ticket to Mangalore for the winner of Raffle prizes. Diamond Gift voucher sponsored by Malabar Gold, Al-Khobar.
The entire evening was filled with various funs and exciting games for children and adults and it was well organized by Javed Saeed and his team. The attractive prizes were presented to all the winners immediately after each game. The evening was later triggered with “Quiz Competition” and the Quiz Master very efficiently and meticulously handled the competition and did a commendable job by keeping the crowd entertained.
All programs and its activities were conducted under Islamic environment and the event had provided a book stall by Shanthi Prakashana which displayed the Islamic books in Kannada language.
JF Members kept the momentum moving by diverting the crowd with the announcement of each winner of 20 Raffle Prizes, which was drawn after every 15 minutes and the winning excitement in every person made the Raffle Round more ecstatic. The event also offered the Mega Prize and the winner took their prizes with wonderful memories of the delightful evening.
At the women’s section, several games were organized for different age groups. The girls were cherished and enjoyed the fun. The women’s organizing committee had skillfully managed the program and brilliantly implemented the games for adult and children which successfully accomplished the task provided to each volunteers. All the winners were presented with the attractive prizes.
The Ex-President P. B. A. Razak of JF-HQ in Mangalore on his visit of Saudi Arabia was felicitated during the Event. NRCC Ameer Mohammad Farook presented the Memento and Event Chairman Munaf draped the Shawl together with the Committee Members of JF Dammam Unit. The Mega event “JF Coastal Festival 2015” was exclusively sponsored by “Gulf Co-operation Symbols Contracting Co. Ltd.”, “NADA (Al-Othman Agri. Production and Processing Co.)” and “Azmeel Contracting Co.”.
The magnificent evening had witnessed the success of the Event and displayed the hard-work of the Event’s Working Committee. In the early hours of dawn, thrilled spectators made a reluctant exit from the venue, thoroughly lost in the magical spell cast on them during an unforgettable night. JF once again create an example to others by innovating and reaching for something even better.
Sadiq Ahmed proposed vote of thanks immediately after announcing the winner of Super Mega Prizes.
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