FEROZEPUR: 51st Panjab University Inter-Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival, being organised on the campus of Dev Samaj College for Women here, has turned out to be an attractive showcase of Punjabi heritage, particularly the folk dances on the second day

Besides gidda and bhangra, quiz events and folk songs/ghazals, classical vocal instrumental music (percussion and non-percussion) and art and craft item competitions, phulkari embroidery, dasuti stitch, pakhi design, crochet work, knitting, mehndi designs and rangoli activities were also held on Friday.

The gathering comprised hundreds of local and outside students who had come here from different parts of the state.

Students of MCM DAV College, Chandigarh, won the first position in gidda while the Government College for Women, Ludhiana, and Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, shared the second prize. The Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Chandigarh, and Dashmesh College, Badal (Muktsar), shared the third prize.

In phulkari embroidery competition, Asma Parveen of Dev Samaj College for Women, Chandigarh, Amandeep Kaur of Khalsa College for Women, Sidhwan Khurd (Ludhiana), and Amandeep Kaur of Guru Nanak College, Muktsar, won the first, second and third positions respectively.

In Dasuti (cross-stitch) competition, Swati Aggarwal of Devki Devi Memorial College for Women, Ludhiana, got the first prize while Jugraj Kaur of Guru Nanak College, Doraha (Ludhiana), and Gurmeet Kaur of JS Khalsa College for Women won the second and third positions respectively.

In quiz competition, Government College for Men, Ludhiana, DAV College of Education, Abohar, and Khalsa College for Women, Sidhwan Khurd (Ludhiana), won the first, second and third prizes respectively.