Secondary Schools Sanskritik Sangam Cultural Competition

Divali festival souvenir magazine 2016

Indo-Caribbean Cultural Centre Co. Ltd. (ICC) is pleased to announce the publication of its latest souvenir magazine for Divali 2017 in Trinidad and Tobago. The theme of this 36^th edition of its free hard copy and online edition of its annual magazine is “Secondary Schools Sanskritik Sangam Cultural Competition.”

The Sangam’s Competition cum Festival has been in active, continuous operation for the past thirty-eight (38) years. It has been providing an incentive and platform for students to participate in out-of-school educational and cultural activities. Through the determined and voluntary work of a few teachers, the Sangam has been able to draw as many as 70 secondary schools to compete and perform on a single stage.

The activities consist of quizzes, public speaking, choral speaking, story-telling, essay writing, play writing, short story writing and poetry writing, as well as drawing and painting, and producing textile and craft items. The Sangam also organises a heritage and cultural workshop, and Sangeet Pratiyogita – a festival of song, music and dance.

October 2017

11 x 8 ½ inches

40 pages with advertisements and articles

ISSN 1683-4143

Glossy pages and cover

Divali Festival in Trinidad and Tobago
Editorial: Inter-school competitions and festivals in Trinidad & Tobago
Greetings from the Minister of Community Development, Culture and the Arts Dr the Honourable Nyan Gadsby-Dolly
Greetings from the High Commissioner of India His Excellency Bishwadip Dey
Formation of the Secondary Schools Sanskritik Sangam
Savitri Sangam launched at Naparima Girls’
The first historic Sanskritik Sangam
Building and Strengthening the Sangam
2^nd Annual Convention (February 1980)
Sanskritik Sangam, teaching culture to children
Contributing institutions, organisations and individuals
Sanskritik Sangam Hindi Theme Song
Convention Projects/Categories - 2016
Convention Projects/Categories - 2016 (continued)
Executive Members of the Secondary Schools Sanskritik Sangam - 2017
Sanskritik Sangam title goes to Naparima Girls’
The Sangam Logo
Workshops conducted in the Secondary Schools Sanskritik Sangam
Workshops conducted in the Secondary Schools Sanskritik Sangam (continued)
Workshops conducted in the Secondary Schools Sanskritik Sangam (continued)
Some Winning Poems – 2016

Kumar Mahabir

is a full-time anthropologist at the University of Guyana (UG) and Fellow of The Eccles Centre for American Studies, British Library (2022-23). He is a former Assistant Professor at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT). He obtained his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Florida (UF). As a doctoral student, he won a Florida Caribbean Institute Award, an A. Curtis Wilgus Grant, and an Organization of American States (OAS) Fellowship.
Mahabir received a National Award (Hummingbird Silver Medal) for his contribution to education in his country in 2011. He was among 50 recipients who received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the UWI Alumni Association.
Mahabir is the author of 12 books to date.