Around 150 participants, including kayakers from abroad, will take part in the four-dayfifth edition of International White Water Kayaking championship to be held at different places in thedistrict from tomorrow. It is organised as part of the "Malabar River Festival - 2017" by the KeralaTourism department and Kozhikode District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) with technical assistance from Kerala Kayaking Academy and Madras FunTools, an official said today.
The competitions will be held in Chalippuzha, Iruvazhinji and Kuttiyadi rivers in the district which will have participants from various states.
The festival will formally commence tomorrow in Kuttiyadi river in Chakkittapara panchyat although the official inauguration will be on the next day at Pulikkayam, the DTPC official said.
Eleven international kayakers from countries including, New Zealand, Germany, Nepal, Italy, USA and Denmark have already arrived in the city while some more were expected to reach today.
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