Zonal youth festival kicks off at GNDU

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 19

Power-packed bhangra performances kicked off the inaugural day of the Zonal Youth Festival at GNDU. After a gap of two years due to the pandemic, the usual buzz around a youth festival returned as teams from Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Taran Tarn districts competed in various cultural activities.

While inaugurating the youth festival Amritsar Police Commissioner Dr Sukhchain Singh, remembered his own college days as he talked about the importance of memories made during such culturally festivals. Prof Anish Dua, Dean Student’s Welfare and in-charge of Youth Welfare Department, said students of 13 colleges are participating in about 36 art items in the three-day festival.

On the first day, bhangra performances enthralled the audience at Dashmesh Auditorium. Apart from bhangra, group shabad/bhajan, group songs, classical instrumental percussion, classical instrumental non-percussion, classical singing, war singing, kavishari, painting on the spot, cartooning, poster making, collage making, on-the-spot photography, clay modeling, installation competitios were held throughout the day. The university authorities maintained that all precautions are being taken to ensure that the festival is held keeping in mind health safety.

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