The 25th State Level Youth Festival was organized by the Sports and Youth Welfare Department on Thursday at Manas Bhawan.
In this youth festival, the participants of folk dance and folk songs of all the divisions of the state captivated the audience by giving a splendid performance.
Around 130 participants of folk dance and 75 participants of folk songs performed in this youth festival.
At the dance competition Sagar Division won the first prize, Bhopal Division won the second prize and Indore Division won the third prize.
At the folk song competition, Jabalpur Division won the first prize, Indore Division won the second prize and Rewa Division won the third prize. It is noteworthy that the National Youth Festival will be organized in Pondicherry from January 12 to 16. For this, the age of the participants should not be more than 29 years as on January 12, 2022.
Keeping in view the Covid-19, two genres of folk songs and folk dance were organized this year. This year virtual events will be organized at the district and divisional level, in which the selected participants at the district and division level were given an opportunity to showcase their talent in the state level youth festival by the selection committee.
The selected participants at the state level will represent Madhya Pradesh in the National Youth Festival.