Students of National Institute of Technology - Tiruchi (NIT-T), the melting pot of Indian culture, swayed to Tamil folklore while witnessing a Villupattu, the first event of NITTFEST’19, the inter-departmental festival, on Saturday.
And then, there was Dramatics performed by teams from eight departments, taking viewers on a magical journey of varying emotions through their wonderful stories.The judges, Aravind R. Vyas and Pranav Dwaraknath, had a difficult time choosing the winners.
Act-a-thon required students to act spontaneously on the informal stage. There was also the spotlight on Qawwali that spurred students into coming out with energetic performances.
On the second day, too, the event began with culturally-rich Koothambalam, a street play where participants were allowed to use instruments and songs relating to folk culture.
Needless to say, the classical solo event mesmerized the audience, which was also drenched in melodies of solo instrumental classic and solo vocal western performances that followed.
Nukkad Naatak, a street play in Hindi that took place near the informal stage in front of barn hall attracted a large crowd.
There were a lot of exciting informal events on the informal stage by the marketing team, like Hogathon and lucky draw by red taxi. The last event on the second day was the Battle of Bands at the barn hall that had the largest number of 12 participating teams.
According to the organising team, NITTFEST symbolised the institute's philosophy of development of individuals reflecting in a tribute to creative genius in each Nittian.
The inter-departmental cultural festival was inaugurated by cine director Lakshmy Ramakrishnan in the presence of NIT-T Director Mini Shaji Thomas.
The chief guest shared her inspiring experiences.