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Kerala Tourism plans festival of traditional folk arts from Jan 6

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 2 (UNI) Utsavam 2018, conceived as an attempt to rejuvenate the traditional folk art forms of Kerala, will be organized by the Kerala Tourism Department from January 6 to 12, in all the 14 districts in the State, Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran said on Tuesday.
The festival, organised in all districts by the respective District Tourism Promotion Councils (DTPCs), will get underway in 28 venues this time around, compared to the 14 venues where the festival was organised last year. Also, an amount of Rs 2,32,00,000 has been earmarked to be spent for the festival this year, the Minister said, adding that Rs 1 crore has been added this year to the amount set aside last year.
The state-level inauguration of Utsavam 2018 will be held at the Kannur Town Square by Minister for Tourism, Cooperation and Devaswom, KadakampallySurendran at 1800 hrs on January 6.
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