Kendriya Vidyalaya Tirumalagiri held its annual sports day a few months ago, but I just couldn't find the time to blog it... so here it is!Sports play a less significant role in Indian schools then they do in the US. In the US sports teams usually practice daily after school and have regular interschool competitions regularly both during the week and on weekends. In India most practice is done before the school day (but it seems with less regularity) and competition is largely intraschool and on Sundays. Interschool events are infrequent compared to US athletic programs.
Once a year the regional (state) KV organization sets up a large competition which brings athletes from all over Andhra Pradesh to compete with each other. Specific schools host certain events, depending on the availability of playing fields. KVT has a nice track facility, so it was charged with hosting this event for all the KVs in Andhra Pradesh.Athletes, coaches, and chaperones slept in classrooms while the school closed down for three days in order to host the event. I made friends with a group from Tirupati which is in the very south of Andhra and home to India's most visited religious site - the Hindu Temple at Tirupati. The group sent a video greeting to the US below:
In the following weeks we had a school-wide celebration to recognize the athletes and all the award winners.
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