Kollam

Kollam: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will consider including tribal arts in arts festival competitions from next year. He was inaugurating the State School Arts Festival.

‘When the effort to destroy the unity in diversity in the country is strong, it is the art forms that are being pushed back. Therefore, he said, Kalotsavam should become a platform to protect and promote those diversities.

Contestants leaving for the stage to participate in the HSS category kathakali group competition. Picture: Arvind Bala Manorama

Don’t pollute teenage minds with unhealthy competition. The Department of Culture and People’s Committees have a major role to play in protecting artistic talents who are suffering due to financial problems. He said that art activities are also a way to keep children away from alcohol and drugs.

Anugrah of HDPS HSS School, Thrissur, sits on the stage with a broken leg and watches the competition of his friends in the HSS section Poorakali competition. 4 days before the match, Anugrin’s leg was injured while playing football. Image: Atlee Fernandes – Manorama

Minister V. Sivankutty presided. Ministers KN Balagopal, K Rajan, J Chinchurani, KB Ganesh Kumar, film star Nikhila Vimal, MPs NK Premachandran, Kodikunvil Suresh, AM Arif, MLAs M Mukesh and M Naushad. , GS Jayalal, Kovoor Kunjumon, Sujith Vijayanpilla, PC Vishnunath, CR Mahesh and others gave speeches.
Many traditional arts are not competitive
The school festival manual will be revised next year. In the current manual, many traditional arts are not covered as competitive disciplines. Students will be assured of correct marks. – Minister V. Sivankutty
Kozhikode started booming
Kollam ∙ The first day of the State School Arts Festival saw the brilliance of teenage talent and the current champions Kozhikode’s surge. Closely followed by Thrissur and Kannur.

AR Sarang of Kollam Odanavattam KRGPM VHSS secured A grade in high school category boys Kathakali.

Kozhikode is leading with 187 points when 52 matches have been completed out of 59 events scheduled yesterday. Thrissur and Kannur districts are next with 185 points each.

State School Arts Festival Ajay V. Kumar (ASHSS, Paripally) obtained A Grade in Chakyarkuth Boys High School Section.

Hosts Kollam are putting up a tough fight with 176 points. In schools, the first day saw the progress of Palakkad Alathur Gurukulam HSS.

310 appeals were allowed yesterday.

Over 14,000 works of art in a total of 239 genres are displayed in the city’s sprawling ashram grounds and 23 other nearby venues.

On the opening day, many venues delayed the start of the competition by several hours and continued late into the night.

During the march, No Shayk hands… 1. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan gives Shay hand to the NCC cadet who came to give gifts during the opening ceremony of the State School Arts Festival. 2. NACC cadets returning after receiving the Chief Minister march without moving their hands. A cadet who marched after receiving the Chief Minister at the New Kerala meeting held in Mancheri hit the Chief Minister’s eye with his hand. 3. The Chief Minister smiles seeing the cadet marching without moving his hands.

The lateness of the competition has led to widespread complaints about the lack of facilities in many venues, apart from dragging many contestants. Controversies broke out over the judges of competitions including Nangyarkooth.

A student applying make-up to participate in the girls’ Kuchipudi of the high school section of the state school arts festival held in Kollam. Image: Manorama

On the second day, the higher secondary category Mohiniyattam, Natakam, Bharatnatyam, Dafmut, Kerala Natanam, Kathakali, folk song, Oppana, folk dance, Thiruvathira, Poorakali, Kuchipudi, Margamkali, Thullal, Yakshaganam etc. will be held in the high school category. The fair will end at 8.
The first day was complaint-free
Kollam ∙ Minister V. Shivankutty said that the first day of the school arts festival was made complaint-free. The minister was evaluating the activities of various committees of the festival. Food shall not be sold near the venue without the permission of the Corporation or Food Safety Department. The responsible departments should ensure that prohibited intoxicants do not reach the premises of the festival venues. Fresh water should be provided round the clock in the venues and green room in view of high temperature. Try to start the matches at 9.30 am. Care should be taken to close unappealable matches in a timely manner. The State Appellate Committee should take necessary decisions on the same day. The minister said that all the committees are working together for the success of the arts festival and the collaboration will continue in the coming days. The conveners of all the committees presented the report in the meeting.
Rain as ‘guest villain’ who came uninvited: Water pool on stage
Kollam ∙ Rain as an uninvited guest in the higher secondary group dance competition. Due to unexpected rains, the ashram ground, which was one of the venues, got waterlogged. As the audience seating area, the entrance to the venue and the parking lot were filled with water, the help of an earthmoving machine had to be sought.

When the main stage of the state school arts festival, Ashram Maidan, was flooded near the audience. Pic: Manorama

Less than 10 minutes of rain turned the main venue into a puddle.
Kodieri Kollam festival
Kollam ∙ Here the flag has been raised… the festival of art in the soil of Kollam, on the banks of ‘Ishtamudi Kayali’. With the State School Art Festival, the country was lit up with excitement. The rhythm of Calchilankas and Tabla beats for the city. All the way singers, dancers, writers… artists and artists landed on all the buses and trains that came this way. Kollam poet D. As in Vinayachandra’s poem ‘Here are the roads in urban prosperity, festival fairs everywhere’.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan flagged off the state school art festival in a ceremony held at the ashram grounds yesterday morning. Director of Public Education S. Shanavas hoisted the flag. Mangalam, a tribal art form part of the Kalothsavam from this year, reached the main stage as an exhibition presentation.

The Kalothsavam is held in 24 venues in 239 categories. Last time the competition was held in 21 venues in Kozhikode, this time the number of venues has increased. 14,000 children come to participate in these competitions. The arts festival ends at eight. Till then the soul of Kollam is art.
The ashram is full of noise
Kollam ∙ People flocked to the ashram grounds as if to witness the Kollam Puram. Rhythm festivals, noises, art celebrations… As the main stage became more crowded, the city seemed to be full. The ashram grounds were thronged late into the night. This place was crowded yesterday morning. Some schools are closed as the venues and accommodation centers for the contestants are closed. So children also came to see the arts festival. However, there was not much crowding in other venues. The play will be performed at Sopanam Theater today. People from Kollam who love drama are sure to go there. The contestants also reached the beach in groups. The introduction of parking facilities inside the grounds also caused congestion. The police intervened and controlled the traffic as the road in front of the Chinnakada Craven School in Ootupura was crowded.

2024-01-04 21:32:38
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