Inter-school Independence Day Cultural Fest Brings out the Hidden Talent
NewZNew (S A S Nagar) : JLPL School, Sector 91 Mohali managed in association with Pearson, celebrated their inter-school Independence Day cultural fest – ‘TIRANGAA 2016’ at Mohali.. The fest was attended with great enthusiasm by over 200 students from 15 schools, they celebrated keeping in mind the theme for this year, India’s Visual and Performing Arts which aims to celebrate India’s rich culture and heritage.
The theme India’s Visual and Performing Arts was chosen to celebrate our rich cultural heritage. It was a platform for students to witness various dance forms, music, painting and dressing styles and take pride in our cultural diversity. The fest included activities like fancy dress (folk dance costumes of different states), sculpting, Indian folk dance, rangoli competition, madhubani painting, photography and folk music to name a few. Students enthusiastically participated in the competitions and everyone came together to celebrate the spirit of Independence.
The activities were assigned to students based on their classes. Students from pre-primary 1 and pre-primary 2 had coloring and fancy dress. Grade 1 and 2 were given the options of sculpting using play dough and storytelling with props. For grade 3 to 5 it was pot painting (Madhubani painting, Warli painting, Kali ghat painting, Gond painting) and Indian folk dance. Students of grade 6 to 8 had classical dance (solo) and dream merchant, Ayurvedic product. Grade 9 to 12 had the options of photography and MIME and for the school event, there was folk singing and rangoli.