In India, a cultural festival, cultfest, culfest or college fest is an annual cultural event at a college or university organised by the student community, involving participants from other colleges as well.
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, 5 October 2005. Professional performing artists are also typically invited, and a number of competitions are held for students. Fests are usually funded through sponsors, although some colleges have begun exploring the idea of
crowdfunding
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.
General format
Most college culfests last between two and five days. The events in a culfest can be broadly classified into four sections:
;Literary events
Literary events usually include
quiz
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zes,
word game
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Word games are generally used as a source of entertainment, but can additionally serve an educational purpose. Young ...
s,
creative writing
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and some form of
public speaking
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or
debate
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.
;Cultural events
These include such competitions as
music
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,
dance
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,
fine art
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s and
drama
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.
;Professional events
One or more professionally staged entertainment programs may be scheduled.
;Gaming events
Video game
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s and
board game
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s may be played.
See also
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List of cultural festivals in Indian colleges
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List of cultural and technical festivals in IITs and NITs
References
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