Last Sunday,
an exhibition on birds was held in our locality
at Salt Lake. It is a very famous exhibition
that is organized every year in the month of
December. I attended the exhibition with my
parents.
The exhibition started from 11 a.m. in the
morning. It was held in the Salt Lake Stadium.
One part of the ground was surrounded with
barricade made of tin. The ground was decorated
with colourful lights. Many stalls were set up
for displaying the birds. These stalls were made
of wooden frames.
The main attraction of the exhibition was our
Chief Minister. She came and cut the ribbon in
the opening ceremony. There were many species of
birds. Birds like sparrows, parrots, kakatua,
pigeon and many more were kept there for
display. It was also quite interesting and
exciting to see many colourful birds of other
countries in the exhibition.
It was a winter afternoon and people came and
crowded the place. They were moving from one
stall to another. Some of them were buying
birds, some were only watching and some people
were busy bargaining with the bird sellers. The
children were the most excited lot among all the
visitors. They were so thrilled that they were
running all over the ground. They were very
happy to see so many colourful birds together.
It was very nice to see and hear the talking
parrots. A bird trainer was controlling the
parrots. Many small children crowded that stall.
In one corner of the ground, magic show and
puppet show were organized. On the opposite side
there were many food stalls. Food and snacks of
different types was being sold there. Children
were mostly buying ice-creams and popcorns.
Many people were seen carrying cages in their
hands on their way home. It was truly a nice
exhibition to visit. This exhibition is becoming
more and more popular every year. I liked the
birds very much but I did not like to see them
caged!.