Guidelines for Cultural Programs
- Performances should be family appropriate and preferably reflect the Holidays spirit.
- Each participant may be part of maximum 2 performances and not two can be of the same genre/type between Dance, Song, Specialty.
- Only 1 entry can be registered by an individual, where the registering individual can be a Point of contact, Choreographer or a Participant of the group being registered.
- If more submissions are received than the allotted slots per category of performance, selection will be primarily based on completeness of registration data and secondly on first-come first-serve basis.
- Song selection for performances will be on a first-come first-serve basis.
- Participating groups can submit up to six songs to prevent duplication. Audio format should be MP3.
- Audition/rehearsal will be conducted to review the readiness of programs and are mandatory for all participating groups. Dates will be communicated later.
- Please refer to the performance details in the table below. No exceptions will be made regarding age limits, the minimum number of participants, or the maximum performance duration.
- Speciality 1 – Traditional category must represent Kerala’s traditional art forms such as Margamkali, Oppana, Parichamuttu, Duffmuttu, Kolkali, Mime, Drama etc
- Speciality 2 – Variety category invites ideas from individuals or groups in the NANMA community for a multifaceted grand finale program.
NANMA Executive Committee reserves the right to:
- make selection or rejection of performances for reasons listed but not limited to incomplete information in registration, not adhering to the guidelines etc,
- reach out to POCs to add additional members to a group in order to provide opportunity to individual registrants w/o a group,
- review registrations for the Speciality performance categories and allocate slots to the group that submitted the best idea that is shortlisted by the committee,
- review and act on any conflicts or violations of stated guidelines,
- make changes in the performance categories, guideline and rules,
- define the overall schedule, structure and sequence of the events.
| Performance Category | Age Group | No of Performers | Max Duration | No of Slots |
| Kids Dance | 5 – 10 | Min 8 | 4 mins | 3 |
| Group Dance | No age limit | Min 8 | 5 mins | 10 |
| Group Song (vocal and/or instrumental) | 5 – 12 | Min 6 | 5 mins | 1 |
| Group Song (vocal and/or instrumental) | 12 and up | Min 6 | 6 mins | 3 |
| Speciality 1 – Traditional | 12 and up | Min 8 | 6 mins | 1 |
| Speciality 2 – Variety | 12 and up | Min 8 | 8 mins | 1 |