Visitors enjoy 4th Ncell Purple Saturday

Excited visitors thronged Kingsway in Durbar Marg on May 11 enjoying the 4th Ncell Purple Saturday. Both sides of the streets were lined with games and food stalls. Purple Ncell balloons were being distributed to the visitors.

Sanjeev Dulal, 19, was almost an hour early for the concert. The 12th grader at Ambition Academy was with his friends and said that he wouldn’t mind waiting for the concert to begin.

This was the first time at Ncell Purple Saturday for Deepti Pradhan, Sharddha Nakarmi and Kriti Pradhan. Deepti, 21, said, “We didn’t know that this was the fourth event. I’m really glad we came. We will watch the concert and play some games.” Shraddha, 19, from Lord Buddha Education Foundation, said, “We played a few games, but we didn’t win anything.”

Face painting, food and playing ‘Need for Speed’ was on Satyam Shrestha’s agenda. The 17 year old was with his friends and said that he might also be staying for the concert.The street came alive with hordes of people visiting the stalls. Some of the game stalls had a long line of people, and many were waiting for game stalls like ‘Need for Speed’ to open. Restaurants like Little Italy, Hot Breads and Thakali Kitchen had also set up food stalls.

Children were also enjoying Ncell Purple Saturday. They took turns on the merry go round and the small train track. The huge slides were also a favorite of the children as was the magician performing tricks.

Sparsh Sarawagi, 4, had come with his parents and was busy playing on the merry go round. Khushbu Sarawagi, who had visited the previous Ncell Purple Saturday, stated that her son didn’t want to go on the slides as it was too hot.

Milan Sharma, Expert - Corporate Communication at Ncell said that the festival was organized to celebrate the Nepali New Year.

source: republica,12 May 2013