News & Pics: Therali Ovung & Melwyn Pinto
Daijiworld Media Network-Bangalore (VA)

Bangalore, Feb 8:  The North East and Tibetan Forum of St Joseph’s College organized ‘Footprints 3.0’, a cultural fest at the college campus on Saturday February 6.

Based on the theme- ‘A cultural amalgamation’ the fest intended to bridge cultural gap and bring  students of  different states together by providing platform to showcase their distinct culture and tradition.

Expressing a sense of belonging to North East, the chief guest Hans Raj Bharadwaj, Governor said that he was attached to North East right from the early days of his political career. “I have known every leader of the North East and it has all brought me very close to the region”, he said.

Reminiscing on  past experiences, he pointed out that he had laid the foundation of Nagaland High Court  to enable the students of North East  to join bar and become judges or lawyers so that they can also shoot  into mainstream of the country. He said that he had a vision to develop the educational institutions to promote higher studies among North East students.

He lauded the colleges that strived to promote friendship and goodwill among students coming from varied communities saying, such colleges served country in the most dignified way.

Principal St Joseph’s College, Fr Ambrose Pinto, said that the college respects every culture and community with their differences. He claimed that the fest is unique and only one of its kind among all colleges in Bangalore.

The fest was laden with a medley of many tribal dances and songs, each carrying a meaningful theme.  The famous Bihu dance of Assam was greatly appreciated by the crowd.
The event wrapped up with the much awaited traditional ramp walk where students walked   the ramp in sync which was happily cheered by the crowd. They proudly displayed their colourful cultural attire with their expressions clearly indicating the zeal of bringing their culture into the limelight. Hoards of people who came to witness the event swarmed the food stalls that sold North East cuisines.