The 26th National Youth Festival is expected to start on the 12th of January 2023 and end on 16th January 2023. The event is a nationwide festival that celebrates varied sports and youth related activities. While some are competitive programs, others are included in the event program for the sake of popularity and celebration of the Youth Energy in varied fields. This is expected to become one of the biggest Indian festivals that is designed to promote the importance of Culture and Games.
Some of the leading competitive and non-competitive programs that would be a part of the event are Folk Dance, Cultural Evening, Yuva Kriti, Youth Summit, Folk Songs, Yogathon, Indigenous Sports, Water/Adventure Sports, Adventure Sports Workshops/Activities, Food Festivals and Young Artist Camps.
Indigenous Sports and Games
For the first time ever, indigenous games and Martial Arts has been made a part of the National Youth Festival. This is majorly a non-competitive sport that is designed to promote the traditional culture and sports of the nation. Some of the leading types of Indigenous Sports and Games that will be seen as part of this particular event on 15th January 2023 at the R N Shetty Stadium are as follows:
- Kalaripayattu
- Silambam
- Kabaddi
- Archery
- Mallakhamb
- Mukna and Thang-Ta
- Khomalainai and Thang-Ta
- Gatka
These are form of ancient and traditional martial arts and indigenous games that have been lost in the wake of time. With the evolution and entrance of the international games, the Indian games and traditional forms of our sports have become distant. Through the mechanisms of these cultural and sporting events, the government of the center and the state are working towards promoting the ideologies to the maximum possible extent.
The festival includes the instructions on the manuals of the game play and showing the rules of the varied games. It is anticipated that the proposition and widespread discussion on the traditional Indian games from different parts of the country would enhance our values and promote it on an international level.
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