Arts festival!

There has been no shortage of arts festivals in the general Nilambur area. I've been to one at Manavaydan school, one in a neighboring town at Keralai school for districts, and to the district finals. First of all, I can never complain again about being too hot in full costume under some lights because these children get in full costume and makeup and dance their little hearts out in 90 degree heat outside, with lights on them. My god. The dances are very interesting too because each one has a story behind it. There was also miming and mimicking.These pictures are from my second trip to the arts festival at Keralai school. I lasted about 2 hours before I had to leave because of the heat. We met up with a few of the teachers and they took us to lunch, but not before we were whisked away to the media tent to do an interview. By the district finals, there were 16 stages, 6,000 meals served, and 10,000 participants. That's a lot of body heat. Here are just a few of the pictures because after a while it can get overwhelming.