DIPHU, Nov 27: A one-day District Level Youth Festival was held today in Diphu. The event was conducted by the District Sports Office, at Rangsina Sarpo Cultural Hall, Lorulangso.
Several competitions were organised during the day for the youths of the age group 15 to 25 years. The festival was conducted to select participants who will represent the district at the state-level festival to be held in Guwahati.
Sabis Sing Terang bagged the first position in the folk song competition, while KTMCRI students won the first position in folk dance. Samphri Terang, Bikash Teron, Manai Rongpipi and Sabiya Khatoon won the first place in photography, declamation, story writing, and poster-making respectively. They will go to the state’s capital on December 6 for the state-level festival.
Judges for the cultural event were Thong Timung, Semson Engti and Kamsing Tisso, while the judges for academic competitions were Sar-im Tisso and Helvellyn Timungpi.