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Festember is the annual cultural festival of the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NITT).〔http://www.nitt.edu/home/students/events/festember/〕 It is a 4-day event held annually in the third week of September. Founded by NITT students in 1975, Festember has now evolved to become one of the largest festivals in South India. The 40th edition of Festember in 2014 had a participant strength of more than 15,000 students from over 500 colleges across India. It was also the first time more than 50 events were conducted. ==History== Festember was first started in 1975 as an intra college fest. Within a few years, it transformed into a fully fledged inter-college event. Almost 40 years later, it continues to dominate the south Indian college cultural scene, winning the title of Best Cultural Event of the Year, an award given by the Tamil Nadu State Government, in the year 2005. Since the first Festember in 1975, participating colleges compete to win possession of the ''Festember Rolling Trophy'' (famously called the ''Ilayaraja Trophy''). Several celebrities and dignitaries have graced the festival, including Illaiyaraja, Javed Ali, Naresh Iyer, Anuradha Sriram and Ganesh-Kumaresh amongst others.〔 〕 'Festember', a term coined by one of the then REC-T students, stands for a “Fest to Remember”. It started as a zero budget fest, in a little town called Thuvakudi, and every department of the college pitched in within the area of their expertise. For the first editions, design and ambience was overseen by the Architecture Department. The shields and medals were forged in the workshops of the Mechanical Engineering department. The college that gets the most points gets the Festember Rolling Trophy. The Rolling Trophy was originally named the "Ilayaraja Trophy" after the maestro himself performed at Festember in 1978. The Festember' X Rolling Trophy was won by Vellore Institute of Technology, while the Festember '11 Rolling Trophy was won by Sastra University. Sastra University won it again in 2012, and managed to maintain their streak for three consecutive years, when they took the trophy in 2013. Festember '12 and '13 saw the ProShows being conducted in a temporary open-air theatre, a first for Trichy. Festember '14 was the first edition to host the ProShows in a newly-constructed open-air theatre with a capacity of more than 5000 people. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Festember」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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