Nine Hin­du pri­ma­ry schools par­tic­i­pat­ed in round one of the Baal Vikaas Vi­haar 2023 com­pe­ti­tion on Mon­day at El Do­ra­do North Hin­du School at Mc Sev­e­ny Street, El Do­ra­do.

The nine schools par­tic­i­pat­ing in the com­pe­ti­tion were: Tu­na­puna Hin­du, Tamana Hin­du, St He­le­na Hin­du, Ari­ma Hin­du, Five Rivers Hin­du, En­deav­our Hin­du, El Do­ra­do South Hin­du, San­gre Grande Hin­du and host school El Do­ra­do North Hin­du.

Pupils par­tic­i­pat­ed in the cat­e­gories of Ramyan Test Piece, Gi­ta slokas, bha­jan, lo­cal clas­si­cal, in­stru­men­tal folk songs and dance.

Guardian Me­dia Pho­tog­ra­ph­er RALPH BAN­WARIE at­tend­ed and cap­tured some of the day’s events. (More pic­tures on Page 26)