The Sports and Youth Welfare and the Culture departments will hold a three-day youth festival and a Chhattisgarh folk literature conference in Raipur from Saturday.
More than 3,000 youths from across the state will compete in 38 categories in the event.
The youth festival will feature traditional and desi games as well as Chhattisgarhi folk songs and folk dance like Karma, Raut Nacha, Panthi, Sarhul, Suva and Bastariya.
The festival will also include painting competitions connected to Chhattisgarh culture, traditional costumes and cuisine.
A Chhattisgarh Lok Sahitya Sammelan will also be organized from January 28 to 30.
On January 28, folk and Karma dance will be performed on the main stage, Bastaria dance on the second stage and Raut dance in the open stage at the Science College Ground.
Sport competitions will be held in the open ground and in the hall of the Physical Education Department of the University Sports Complex.
On the second day, competitions of Panthi, Sarhul and Suva dance and for classical dances Bharat Natyam, Kathak, Odissi, Kuchipudi and Manipuri will be held.
On January 30, a rock band will perform during the closing ceremony.