Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 14 2010:
The North East Youth Festival 2010 to be participated by youths of states in the North Eastern region will be held on January 18 and 19 next year at Senapati district headquarters.
Informing this at a press conference held at Hotel Classic today, convener of the organizing committee of the festival Dominic Chawang said that the theme of the festival to be held under the sponsorship of the Youth Innovative Foundation will be �Peace through culture and identity�.
A beauty contest, cultural programmes, rock concert and dance items will be the main attraction, he said adding that a cash award of Rs 1,20,000 will be given to the winner of the beauty contest while for the first and second runner up, it will be respectively Rs 80,000 and 50,000 .
Consolation prizes of Rs 10,000 will also be given to different categories of the contest, he added.
The festival will be the first of its kinds in the region and there is a plan to organize the festival in other places of the region, Dominic said stressing on the need for bringing peace through culture and identity to the people in the region.
Youth bodies of North Eastern region will be invited to participate in the festival so that they could be brought on a common platform to build a spirit of oneness and to make the region a peaceful and prosperous land.
The festival will also give a chance to the youths of the region to showcase their hidden talents in different fields, the convener observed.