Clicking a selfie with friends, relatives and different banners with the cell phones was witnessed among youths on the Raahgiri day held here this Sunday.
The Raahgiri event mainly featured youths posing in front of the innovative and attractive banners and funky props to create perfect selfie shots.
“We are taking selfie to upload in social networking sites like Facebook and WhatsApp. We tried to take perfect snaps using props available at the Raahagiri,” said Bijayashree Routray, a college student.
Selfie counters were also opened at the Raahagiri with interesting backgrounds. People from all walks of life were attracted to the counters to take pictures.
Besides, youngsters and children were engaged in cycling and skating.
Awareness programmes on sensitisation of disability and environment issues were also hosted. An organisation, Sanjog, staged a street play Satarka Ghanti explaining the need of proper utilisation of rainwater.
Voluntary organisation Aaina opened a camp to teach the sign language. Aaina members tried to teach the visitors different sign languages to communicate with deaf and dumb.
Bakul Foundation members also assembled children and arranged a storytelling session. Another attraction was Rangoli, made by professional artist Manas Ranjan Panda. He was making a portrait of APJ Abdul Kalam.
Other activities such as yoga sessions, roller-skating, football, cricket, boxing, aerobics and zumba were also organised.
The event was organised jointly by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and the Tourism Department. Movement of vehicles was restricted from Master Canteen Square to Ram Mandir Square during the automobile-free celebration.