About 11,000 students from 14 districts of Kerala are participating at the School Kalolsavam, which began on January 3rd in Kozhikode and will conclude on January 7th.
By the scale of participation and the number of events, Kerala’s annual State school arts festival is widely regarded as the biggest of its kind in Asia.
First held in 1957, Kalolsavam is a state-level competition conducted by the Kerala government for students from classes 8 to 12 of state schools.
It is held every year in a different district.
There are as many as 239 competitive events this year, including performances of classical dances like Mohiniyattam, Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and Kathakali; Drama, Carnatic music, light music, instrumental music, Yakshaganam, painting, story-writing, versification, recitation, mimicry, and mono-act.
The festival also provides a crucial space to keep art forms such as Chavittu Natakam, Ottan Thullal, Margam Kali and Kathaprasangom alive.
New events have been added over the years, making the festival bigger and bringing into focus lesser-known art forms.
Reporting: PK Ajith Kumar, A Mithosh Joseph, Navamy Sudhish, AS Jayanth, Aabha Raveendran, Biju Govind
Videos: Sakeer Hussain, A Mithosh Joseph, Biju Govind, PK Ajith Kumar
Script: Aswin V N
Voiceover: Gopika K P
Production: Reenu Cyriac
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