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Colourful start to youth festival

Published On : 19 Jan 2016


Mangaluru (The Hindu): While girls from Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit in Kalady in Kerala presented traditional dance forms of their State, students from the University of Mysore presented the traditional folk dance ‘pooja ‘kunita and ‘kharadi majalu’. The students of Mangalore University showcased the art forms of Manipur.

These were the highlights of a colourful march past that marked the beginning of a five-day South Zone Inter-university Youth Festival on the Mangalore University campus on Monday.

As many as 30 teams from universities in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana are participating in the festival organised by Mangalore University and the Association of Indian Universities.

Mangalore University’s Spandana team of students led the march that started from entrance of the university. The team comprising chende players danced all the way through the 800-metre long stretch of the road leading to Mangala Stadium, where the formal function was held.

Following them were the members of Sree Sankaracharya University who attracted the attention of passersby with their presentation of Theyyam and other folk art forms of Kerala.

The enthusiastic members of University of Mysuru team presented ‘dollu kunita’ and ‘pooja kunita’.

Among other teams that took part in the march included Gandhigram Rural Institute Deemed University from Dindigul, Central University of Kerala, Karnatak University, Gulbarga University, Krishnadevaraya University in Ballari, Amrita Vidyalayam, Bangalore University, Jawaharhal Nehru Technical University, Hyderabad, Tumkur University, Kuvempu University, Krishna University in Andhra Pradesh and University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharawad.

Inaugurating the event, Samson David, general secretary of the Association of Indian Universities, said that youth festivals were being held to promote national integration and communal harmony. Intercultural exchange would help build values which would foster tolerance.


Photo credit: The Hindu







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