Music carnival to zumba night, year end festivities delight Doonites

From meeting popular cartoon characters like The Powerpuff Girls to a fun-filled Zumba evening - it was a weekend full of Christmas revelry at different events in the city.
LOTS OF PICTURES WITH BEN10 AND THE POWERPUFF GIRLS AT THIS MALL
On Saturday, a city mall invited cartoon characters, who made visitors dance to Bollywood numbers along with them. Apart from this,there was a flash mob that attracted visitors' attention.
Kids interacted with their favourite cartoon characters (BCCL/Taresh Dutta)
Aparna, a writer from Canal Road, said, "I had gone to the mall for shopping but as soon as I heard the title track of The Powerpuff Girls, I couldn't resist myself from coming to the activity area. While only kids were allowed to get pictures clicked with them, I requested the organisers to allow me to take some pictures with my favourite superheroes."
TOON TIMES AT A CITY MALL (BCCL/Taresh Dutta)
Priya, a homemaker and resident of Dalanwala, said, "My son loves Ben10 and he loved Krish dabbing. He even danced with these cartoon characters.The organisers also gave us goodies, including a Shaka Laka Boom Boom pencil, Santa Claus soft toys and Santa caps."
A ZUMBA NIGHT AT THIS CHRISTMASSY EVENING
A fun-filled Zumba night was also organized by Rajpur Women's Club. Around 200 Zumba enthusiasts attended the session. The three-hour long session combined aerobics, lunges and dance moves. "It was a fun-filled Zumba evening and it gave us an opportunity to make new friends," said Abhinav Bhattacharya, a Zumba instructor.
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Smriti Lal, one of the members of the club, said, "This was a great way of combining fitness with fun.We danced on some upbeat music and bonded over exercises."
Around 200 zumba enthusiasts took part in the event (BCCL/Taresh Dutta)
A FIVE-DAY CARNIVAL FULL OF LIVE MUSIC AND FOOD AT MUSSOORIE DIVERSION
City-based singer Kapil Thapa performed at the inauguration day of the winter carnival (BCCL/Taresh Dutta)
An ongoing five-day winter carnival kicked off at Mussoorie Diversion on Christmas. It has been attracting Doonites with live music, DJ and some lip-smacking food. On the first day, city-based singer Kapil Thapa belted out popular Garhwali songs.
WINTER CARNIVAL (BCCL/Taresh Dutta)
Prajwal, a student and resident of Suman Nagar, said, "We had gone to Mussoorie for partying and while returning, we stopped over and enjoyed dancing to Garhwali tracks and Punjabi songs."