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The State School Arts Festival, Kerala’s largest solemnisation of pupil creativity, volition beryllium ceremonially inaugurated connected January 14, marking the opening of a five-day taste extravaganza successful Thrissur. The festival volition tally till January 18, with astir 15,000 young talents competing successful astir 250 events crossed 25 venues.
The authoritative inauguration of the Kalolsavam volition instrumentality spot astatine 10 a.m. astatine the Exhibition Ground successful Thekkinkadu Maidan, wherever Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan volition airy the ceremonial lamp. The festival volition formally statesman astatine 9 a.m. with the hoisting of the emblem by Director of General Education N.S.K. Umesh.
Reflecting Thrissur’s famed Pooram grandeur, the opening ceremonial volition diagnostic accepted Pandi Melam and a vibrant Kudamattam with 64 children symbolically representing the 64th variation of the Kalolsavam.
General Education Minister V. Sivankutty volition preside implicit the function, portion Revenue Minister K Rajan, who is besides the president of the festival reception committee, volition present the invited address. General Education Secretary K. Vasuki volition explicate the conception of the ‘Responsible Kalolsavam’, which has been adopted arsenic the taxable of this year’s festival.
Over 10,000 students are expected to beryllium contiguous astatine the inaugural venue. ‘Responsible Kalolsavam’ is besides the authoritative slogan of this edition. The festival’s invited opus has been composed by B.K. Harinarayanan and volition beryllium performed nether the enactment of Kalamandalam artists. The taxable opus of the Kalolsavam has been prepared by students of a schoolhouse successful Pottasseri, Palakkad. The full festival volition beryllium conducted successful strict adherence to greenish protocol norms.
Union Minister of State Suresh Gopi, Higher Education and Social Justice Minister R. Bindu, Water Resources Minister Roshy Augustine, Electricity Minister K. Krishnankutty, Forest and Wildlife Minister A.K. Saseendran, Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal, Law Minister P. Rajeeve, Tourism Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas, Cultural Affairs Affairs Minister Saji Cherian, and Dairy Development Minister J Chinchurani volition be the inaugural ceremonial arsenic main guests.
MLAs, Mayor, territory panchayat president, District Collector, City Police Commissioner, and eminent taste figures volition besides beryllium present.
