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Colourful start to school arts fete

— Photos: Leju Kamal

STUDENTS' FETE: A cultural procession that began from Edathitta, near Kodumon, on Monday as part of the inaugural of the Pathanamthitta Revenue district schools arts festival; and (right) the St. Teresa's High School team that won the first prize in the band contest held as part of the festival, on Monday.

PATHANAMTHITTA: The Pathanamthitta revenue district schools arts festival got off to a colourful start at Shaktibhadran Nagar (Government High School grounds) at Kodumon, near here, on Monday.

Adoor Prakash, MLA, lit the ceremonial lamp to mark the inauguration of the five-day cultural festival.

‘Promote talents'

District panchayat president Babu George, who presided, said organisers of the youth festival should make all efforts to make it a venue for promoting the budding cultural talents in young children, shunning unhealthy competition.

P. Vijayamma, district panchayat vice-president; Pazhakulam Madhu, standing committee (Education) chairman; Robin Peter, Saji Chacko, members; A. Vijayan Nair, Kodumon grama panchayat president; T.P. Sivaraman, Deputy Director of Education; A. Santhakumari, former district panchayat president; and Kodumon Gopinathan Nair, former Plantation Corporation of Kerala chairman; were among those who spoke.

Cultural procession

A cultural procession that began from Edathitta, near Kodumon, was flagged off by District Superintendent of Police K. Sanjaykumar.

The cultural competitions as part of the youth festival will be held at five different venues.

The first prize winners of various competitions held on Monday are:

Higher Secondary School (HSS): Pencil drawing: Rahul Sasindran, Technical HSS, Mallappally; Water colour: K.B. Viswan, St. Thomas HSS, Eruvellipra; Oil painting: Lakshmi Raj, Mout Bethani, HSS, Mylapra; Cartoon drawing: H. Parvathy, Mar Thoma HSS, Pathanamthitta;

Collage: R. Geethanjali, AMM HSS, Edayaranmula; Essay writing (Malayalam): K.G.Soumya, DBHSS, Thiruvalla; Essay writing (English): Lakshmi Mohan, SNV HSS, Angadickal; Essay writing (Hindi): Sajuna Mariyam Mathew, SNDP HSS, Karamveli; Story writing (Malayalam): Lijo George, MGM HSS, Thiruvalla; Story writing (English): R. Pradeep, Technical HSS, Adoor.

Story writing (Hindi): P.R. Roy, Mar Thoma HSS, Pathanamthitta; Poetry writing (Malayalam): Joseph K. Sunny, KRPM HSS, Seethathode; Poetry writing (English): H. Hrudya, SVGV HSS, Kidangannoor; Poetry writing (Hindi): Deepika Raj, Catholicate HSS, Pathanamthitta.

High School: Pencil drawing: Binoy Krishna, National HS, Vallamkulam; Water colour: Binoy Krishna, National HS, Vallamkulam;

Oil painting: Binoy Krishna, National HS, Vallamkulam; Cartoon drawing: Ashique Babu, SC HS, Ranni; Poetry writing (Malayalam): P.V. Arya, Catholicate HS, Pathanamthitta.

Poetry writing (Hindi): Bitty Abraham, MGM HS, Thiruvalla; Story writing (Malayalam): Preeja Ponnappan, St. Mary's HS, Niranom; Story writing (Hindi): Reena Kurien, St. Thomas HS, Eruvellipra; Essay writing (Malayalam): Merrin Biju, SNV HS, Angadickal; Essay writing (English): Arathi Krishna, SNV HS, Thirumoolapuram; Essay writing (Hindi): Vishnupriya Nair, Sacred Heart HS, Mylapra;

The five-day youth festival will come to a close on January 14.

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