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Waves is the annual cultural festival of BITS Pilani, Goa Campus. It is a three-day-long festival held in the late October - early November period. The first edition was in 2006. In spite of being a relatively new festival, it has attracted considerable media attention and many prominent sponsors over the years. The 2014 edition of the festival received a footfall of more than 35,000 students from 150 colleges all over the country. ==History== Waves was first held in 2006, when it was an inter-college affair. Since then, Waves moved on to being a regional festival, with many colleges from the Goa-Mumbai region participating. Waves went national in 2008 and was extremely successful. Following this success, 2009 saw two editions of the festival. The subsequent years saw the festival grow in terms of participation and number of events. In the past, celebrities like Vishal–Shekhar, Priyanka Chopra, Kalki Koechlin, Kailash Kher, DJ NYK, Shafqat Amanat Ali, Karsh Kale and bands like Indian Ocean, Agam, Parikrama, Raeth, Dead Letter Circus, Thermal and a Quarter, Blackstratblues have been a part of the festival. The tagline of Waves 2014 was "Lights, Camera, Mayhem!”. The year saw an international act, The WorldFest, a Coke Studio performance for the English Nite as well as the Searock event which had become one of India's biggest semi-professional rock band hunt contests. There was a performance by renowned Artist, Shankar Mahadevan for the Hindi Nite, and DJ Candice Redding for the VH1 Supersonic Nite. The year also saw a special performance by well-known Indian Comedy group, All India Bakchod. The theme for Waves 2015 is "Escape Reality". The festival is going to be held from 6 to 8 November. 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「Waves (festival)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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