Car Nicobar, July 22: Melodious Devotional songs presented by the choir groups of different villages were the main attraction of this year’s edition of St Mary Magdelene Church day celebrations at Malacca village.  In the Prayer song competition held at the St. Mary Magdelene Church Malacca today, the participating groups presented soulful prayers, which mesmerized everyone present over there. The Director of Sports and a local resident of Malacca Shri Lucas Robert presented his self composed Prayer song, which was instantly picked up by the youth choir groups and they sang it to perfection. The song is written in English, Hindi and Nicobari languages.

While addressing, Shri Lucas asked the youth to keep their love alive for music. The music is the gift of GOD and we have to respect and nurture it, he said.

Apart from the young singing groups of all the 15 villages, the leaders of the tribal council, village captains, Education officer Shri H. Nathaniel and the devotees from the different villages took part in the function.

Earlier the celebrations began with the prayer by the senior Rev James Philip and the priests of the different churches of Car Nicobar at Malacca church in the morning. After the prayer it was the breakfast time for the visitors. Every ‘Tuhet’ of the village was given the responsibility of arranging food for the visiting people of one village. Large crowd was seen at the stalls too, where the visitors showed interest in buying the home made articles and food stuffs.

It was the occasion for the people of other villagers to meet and interact with the residents of Malacca village. This kind of religious function solidifies the inter-village relationships, the secretary of the Tribal Council Shri Martin Luther said.