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State Level Youth Festival kicks off
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 18 2015:
The 20th State Level Youth Festival organised by Directorate of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of Manipur, kick started on Wednesday at the auditorium of Khuman Lampak Sports Complex.
Attending the opening ceremony as Chief Guest, Directorate of Youth Affairs and Sports Director W Bhaktaraj said that India is the second most populous country in the world after China.
Around 40 different communities inhabits in Manipur though the State is very small in comparison with India and the Youth Festival is being held with an aim to showcase the talents hidden at the youngsters of the various communities in Manipur.
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The youth will be the future pillars of the State and they have to play a big role in national integration, said W Bhaktaraj.
He added that the youths from all the nine districts will get the chance to meet in the four-day youth festival and will help in the effort to hold the integration of the State.
Organizing such youth festivals regularly will help in ending mistrust and unrest among the communities of the State, stated Bhaktaraj.
Around 540 youths from various districts are participating in the four-day festival.
The participants will compete in different fields including folk dance, folk song, classical dance, classical song, classical instrument and one act plays.
The selected youths will participate in the birth anniversary celebration of Swami Vivekananda which will be held from January 12 to 19, 2016 in Chhattisgarh.
The function was also attended by Directorate of Youth Affairs and Sports Joint Director Kh Pramod as President.
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