Will streamline conduct and judging of State School Arts Festival from lower levels: Sivankutty
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Will streamline conduct and judging of State School Arts Festival from lower levels: Sivankutty

The Hindu  

Education Minister V. Sivankutty believes the State School Arts Festival deserves attention from beyond Kerala. “Other States in India should know about this and next year we could even try to get Guinness to record it as the world’s largest arts festival for students, as we had about 15,000 participants here,” the Mr. Sivankutty told The Hindu here on Wednesday. “There might have been instances of undesirable practices in the conduct, but now everything, from the school level, will come under the purview of the Ministry of Education.” Mr. Sivankutty said every effort had been made to get incorruptible judges. “Even the so-called middlemen of Thiruvananthapuram who are known to influence the judges at arts festivals, at school and college, were also under their radar.” Mr. Sivankutty said the decision to make the trade unions part of this festival also proved right. “This festival is also very important as we were able to include tribal dances for the first time in history,” Mr. Sivankutty said.

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Inclusion of more traditional art forms in school fete under consideration: Minister
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Inclusion of more traditional art forms in school fete under consideration: Minister

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Inclusion of greater number of traditional art forms in the next State School Arts Festival is under consideration, Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has said. The State government had, in a first, introduced five tribal art forms, Mangalamkali, Paniya dance, Irula dance, Paliya dance, and Malapulayattam, at the 63rd State School Arts Festival that concluded here recently. The Minister, …

Kerala State School Arts Festival diary
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Kerala State School Arts Festival diary

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The success of the State School Arts Festival owes in large part to the dedicated sanitation workers who kept the 25 venues spotless, despite the large number of visitors. Keerthi and Lathika, two Haritha Karma Sena workers, made the most of the five days, enjoying memorable performances at St. Joseph’s Higher Secondary School. ** At every venue, you could see …

Where teachers, unsung heroes of State School Arts Festival, turn into event managers with ease
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Where teachers, unsung heroes of State School Arts Festival, turn into event managers with ease

The Hindu  

When the first State School Arts Festival was held at the Govt. About 20,000 people have their lunch – a vegetarian sadya that includes payasam -- every day at the massive dining hall at Putharikkandam Maidan during the 63rd edition of the festival, which concludes on Wednesday. The schoolteachers are the unsung heroes of the State School Arts Festival. She …

Kerala State Youth Festival to feature five tribal dance form competitions
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Kerala State Youth Festival to feature five tribal dance form competitions

The Hindu  

The State government has included five tribal dance art forms as competition events in the 63rd Kerala State Youth Festival, which commences in Thiruvananthapuram on January 4, 2025. At a press conference on December 20, 2024, General Education Minister V. Sivankutty identified the ethnic art forms as Mangalam Kali, Paniya Nritham, Paliya Nritham, Malapulayattom, and Irula Nritham. Mr. Sivankutty said …

Asia’s yes, but is Kerala School Kalolsavam world’s biggest arts festival of school children?
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Asia’s yes, but is Kerala School Kalolsavam world’s biggest arts festival of school children?

The Hindu  

Kerala School Kalolsavam, the State School Arts Festival, has been described thus for decades. Diversity and scale When you look at the sheer variety of art forms the contests are held in, you would get a fair idea about the magnitude of the festival. Where would you find separate competitions in different styles of India’s classical dances like Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattom, …

Kerala School Kalolsavam 2023: Festival will be showcased to a larger audience outside State, says Riyas
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Kerala School Kalolsavam 2023: Festival will be showcased to a larger audience outside State, says Riyas

The Hindu  

For Public Works and Tourism Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas, the ongoing 61st Kerala School Kalolsavam, the State School Arts Festival, in Kozhikode posed both challenges and opportunities. What were the major challenges before the State government and the organising committee when the arts festival was scheduled to be held in Kozhikode? From day one, both of us, myself and V. …

Watch | Kalolsavam: Why is Kerala’s school arts festival special?
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Watch | Kalolsavam: Why is Kerala’s school arts festival special?

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In the 2024 edition of Kerala State School Arts Festival which is being held in Kollam district, some 14,000 contestants will showcase their talents in 239 events. The organisers have set up a 60,000-sq.ft pandal at Asramam Maidan that can accommodate over 10,000 persons at a time By the scale of participation and the number of events, Kerala’s annual State …

Demand grows to promote Kalolsavam for better global attention
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Demand grows to promote Kalolsavam for better global attention

The Hindu  

Despite its reputation of being the biggest students’ arts festival in Asia, a concerted effort to push the Kerala School Kalolsavam, State School Arts Festival, to the national and international arena for better visibility is yet to be a reality. The poor number of national and international visitors to the festival reinforces the need for better initiatives on the part …

Kerala School Kalolsavam 2023 | ‘I hesitated to go on stage at the fete seeing the quality of performance of my competitors’: Methil Devika
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Kerala School Kalolsavam 2023 | ‘I hesitated to go on stage at the fete seeing the quality of performance of my competitors’: Methil Devika

The Hindu  

I did my schooling in Dubai, until we returned home to Palakkad. So when I took part at the State School Arts Festival, it was an eye-opener for me in more ways than one. As a young artiste, you will not get a bigger opportunity than the State School Arts Festival. I realised how much the festival meant in Kerala …

Kozhikode set to host Kerala State school arts festival without glitches
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Kozhikode set to host Kerala State school arts festival without glitches

The Hindu  

All arrangements for the 61st Kerala State School Arts Festival will be in place by December 31, and the city will welcome participants from January 2. Zamorin’s School and its ground at Thali, Providence School at Nadakkavu, Gujarati Hall, St. Joseph’s Boys School, St. Antony’s UP School and St. Joseph’s Anglo Indian Girls’ School on the beach, M.M. Pottekkatt Hall …

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