Sri Vijaya Puram, Oct. 19: The Island Tourism Festival–2025 is scheduled to be organised by the Tourism Department, A&N Administration from 27th to 31st December, 2025. As part of ITF, the Art & Culture Department, A&N Administration will be presenting cultural programmes at the 14 venues of the ITF 2025 viz., ITF Ground, Marina Park, Wandoor, Wimberlygunj, Shaheed Dweep, Swaraj Dweep, Hut Bay, Baratang, Rangat, Mayabunder, Diglipur, Campbell Bay, Nancowry and Nicobar.
In this regard, applications have been invited from local cultural associations and organizations of A&N Islands interested in performing during the festival. Each group is required to submit details of at least three to four cultural programmes, with a minimum duration of 30 minutes for dance and 45 minutes to 1 hour for singing per occasion. This will enable the Programme Selection Committee to assess and select from a diverse range of performances.
Participating artists must be 8 years of age or above and each group must consist of a minimum of 7 members and a maximum of 15 members. A self-certificate must be submitted along with the application, confirming the group’s willingness to perform at any of the designated venues during the festival as allotted by Art & Culture Department.
The applications must be submitted by 4 PM of 14th November, 2025 either in person at the Directorate of Art & Culture, Cellular Jail Complex, Atlanta Point, Sri Vijaya Puram or via email to artand.culture@and.nic.in. The prescribed application form (Annexure-I) and self-certificate format can be downloaded from https://andamannicobar.gov.in.
The Programme Selection Committee will select programmes for different venues during the rehearsal to be conducted on between 8th and 9th December, 2025 at Andaman Club from 10 AM onwards. The participants have been asked to be present before the Selection Committee fully prepared to showcase their performance. Changing of date, time and venue slot of selected group will be on the discretion of the Department.
For any queries, interested organizations may contact Shri Sujit Kumar Roy, GTT (F/A) at 9933241678 during working hours.