The Khordha district administration, in association with the Sports and Youth Services department, will host the 19th State Youth Festival beginning on Sunday at the Capital High School campus here. Khordha Collector Niranjan Sahu told mediapersons on Saturday that about 1,000 youth delegates, including 250 women, in the age group of 15 to 35 years from all the 30 districts would participating the three-day festival.
The State-level youth festival is held as per the Government of India guidelines in line with the National Youth Festival.
As many as 18 competitive events -- folk dance, folk song, one-act play, classical vocals Hindustani and Carnatic, harmonium, sitar, flute, tabla, veena, mrindangam, guitar, classical dances like Manipuri, Odishi, Bharatnatyam, Kathak and Kuchipudi and elocution would be organised. The cultural programmes would be held at the Utkal Mandap in the premises of the Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya.
Sahu said that the idea behind the youth festival is to bring the youths under one umbrella and propagate the concept of national integration, spirit of courage and adventure.