Cultural festival (India)

In India, a cultural festival, cultfest, culfest or college fest is an annual cultural event at a college or university organised by the student community, involving participants from other colleges as well.[1][2][3][4][5] Professional performing artists are also typically invited, and a number of competitions are held for students. Fests are usually funded through sponsors, although some colleges have begun exploring the idea of crowdfunding.[6]

General format

Most college culfests last between two and five days. The events in a culfest can be broadly classified into four sections:

Literary events

Literary events usually include quizzes, word games, creative writing and some form of public speaking or debate.

Cultural events

These include such competitions as music, dance, fine arts and drama.

Professional events

One or more professionally staged entertainment programs may be scheduled.

Gaming events

Video games and board games may be played.

See also

References
  1. 'DU's three-day cultural festival starts today'Archived 2013-02-23 at the Wayback Machine, The Hindustan Times, 21 February 2013
  2. 'KK performs at a college fest in Lucknow', The Times of India, 22 February 2013
  3. 'With all the right vibes', The Hindu, 5 October 2005.
  4. 'NIT-Warangal Cult Fest' Archived 8 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, www.coolage.in, 30 April 2012
  5. 'Students of engineering college had gala time at college fest', The Times of India, 23 February 2013
  6. "Now, crowdfunding for college fests?". The Times of India. 2 February 2014.


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