63rd Kerala State Youth Festival to feature five tribal dance form competitions
The Hindu
Kerala State Youth Festival to feature five tribal dance form competitions
The State government has included five tribal dance art forms as competition events in the 63rd Kerala State Youth Festival, which commences in Thiruvananthapuram on January 4, 2025.
At a press conference on December 20, 2024, General Education Minister V. Sivankutty identified the ethnic art forms as Mangalam Kali, Paniya Nritham, Malaya Pulaya Aatam and Irula Nritham.
Mr. Sivankutty said the festival will take place over four days starting on January 4. As many as 10,000 young children will participate in high school and higher secondary level competitions spanning 249 performance arts.
The Youth Festival will also feature Arabic and Sanskrit art forms.
The government will convert 30 schools in Thiruvananthapuram into accommodation centres for participants, teachers, and parents. The festival will then take place at 25 venues across the capital.
Mr. Sivankutty said the government had named each venue after a river to preclude complaints. “No one is likely to object to names of rivers”, he quipped.
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