The 20th National Youth Festival will be held here from January 12 to 16 next year on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary.
Preparations for the event are underway at a war footing. Nearly 6,000 youngsters from 20 States of the country will participate in this fest, officials stated.
The main programme will be organised at Rajyotsav venue —Dr Shyamaprasad Mukherjee capitol complex, whereas cultural and other programmes will be organised at multipurpose hall of IIIT, Satya Sai Auditorium, Agriculture University Auditorium, HNlU Auditorium, and auditorium of Panchayat and Rural Development Institute Nimora.
As the fest will be commencing on January 12, which is birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the entire event is being dedicated to Swami Vivekananda. This event is being jointly organised by Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Chhattisgarh Government’s Sports and Youth Welfare Department, Nehru Yuva Kendra and National Service Scheme (NSS).
In this national-level event, youngsters from different parts of the country including Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Dadar Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh will participate.
Competitions in 18 cultural genres including folk dance, folk song, skit, carnatic music, Indian classical music, extempore, harmonium, Mridangam, flute, Veena, Sitar, Guitar, tabla, Manipuri dance, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Kathak, and Odyssey dance will be organized in this event.
Besides, participants will stage folk dance, song, art and culture of their respective states. A number of other competitions related to adventure sports, young artist camp, will also be organised. In the cultural evening, renowned artists from all over the country will perform.