Rotaract Digital අවුරුදු 2021

 

'Rotaract Digital අවුරුදු' is the second virtual 'Awurudu' celebration organized by the Rotaract Club of the University of Peradeniya. It allowed us to be full of joy and enthusiasm after a long stressful period in life. Even though we had to celebrate 'Awurudu' on a virtual platform this year, it gave many exciting and unforgettable memories to everyone who participated. Moreover, it was happy to see our fellow Rotaractors from other universities joining us to enjoy the event.

As usual, we paid more attention to our traditional games and made some changes in the themes of some games to give a new experience to the participants since it was a virtual event.  For example, everybody might be familiar with 'අලියාට ඇස තැබීම', but have you ever thought of replacing the Elephant with a Giraffe. It was more interesting than we expected. Moreover, regardless of always being dependent on the tradition, we made small changes in a few more games, such as replaced the Papaya with a Watermelon and asked the participants to guess the number of seeds in it. හොඳම හිනාව , හොඳම ඇඩීම ,නැණවත් අවුරුදු කුමරා සහ කුමරිය,විකට ඇදුම් ,අවුරුදු කුමරා සහ කුමාරි are some of the other games which increased the excitement of the event even more. Also, we conducted the 'tug of war' game on Facebook. As අවුරුදු කුමරා සහ කුමරිය event is a mandatory event at any 'Awurudu' function, online 'Awurudu Kumara' and 'Avurudu Kumariya' were selected based on an online voting system.

For the first time in the 'Awurudu' celebration history of RACUOP we brought the 'අවුරුදු ප්‍රහේලිකාව' and 'අවුරුදු සින්දු තේරවිල්ල ' events to boost the engagement of participants. Thus, we celebrated a marvellous 'Rotaract Digital අවුරුදු' 2021 celebration using the Zoom platform.

This project served the objective of increasing and strengthening the membership of the club. Also, the fellowship aspect of the project helped to strengthen bonds between new and existing members, helping the club retain an active membership during difficult times.