Banana festival attracts visitors in Chennai.Byline: ANI Chennai, July 26 (ANI): A two-day banana festival began in Chennai City on Saturday with a view to encourage its consumption. Organised by the state-run Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (tăm`əl nä`d  ), formerly Madras (mədrăs`, mədräs`), state (2001 provisional pop. Tourism Development
Corporation (TTDC TTDC Tamilnadu Tourism Development CorporationTTDC The Talking Drum Collective ), the festival aims to promote the consumption of banana fruit and create awareness about its many medicinal propertiess Many plants have traditional medical uses. Ethnobotanists and pharmacognacists catalog and study these plants and uses. This is a list of some of the more common medicinal properties that are ascribed to plants. many as 40 stalls have been mounted, displaying 22 varieties of the fruit. The festival aims to promote the consumption of banana fruit and create awareness about its many medicinal properties. "This festival is really giving fruitful information to the people because people don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how many varieties of banana fruit they are eating. By visiting this festival they will come to know exactly what kind of banana they eat and also which one is nutritious and healthy," said V. Irai Anbu, Tourism Secretary, Tamil Nadu. Banana-based food items and juices prepared by catering institutes were kept for exhibition and sale. "There are different kinds of bananas over here. It is very healthy alternative," said Surya, a student. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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