Event Update- IIT Guwahati Organises Annual Cultural Fest 2016

IIT Guwahati will be organising its 20th annual cultural festival, Alcheringa on January 28, 2016. The theme for this edition of Alcheringa is 'Gamescape'. As the name suggest, the event will be put forward in front of the audience in the form of an escape from reality, into the world of board games. It is also about physical realization of the virtual world of gaming, said Ishan Sharma, convener of Alcheringa, 2016, at a news conference here on Sunday.

Renowned sarod player Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan will perform on the opening night of the festival. The major highlights of the event this year are its four professional nights. Each of the four nights correspond to a different genre - saaz (the classical might), blitzkreig (The EDM Night), crescendo (the Bollywood night) and juggernaut (the professional band night).

A Guinness record will be attempted for the largest human currency symbol during the event where volunteers will form the shape of Indian rupee symbol.

The EDM night will see performances by top Indian artistes Dualist Inquiry and Sandunes. The final day of Alcheringa will be headlined by Finnish Folk Metal Band, Korpiklaani, on January 31, said Sharma.

Moreover, audiences will witness performances from across the world that includes Irish folk music band 'Fasta', jazz band from Singapore 'Tropic Green', Metastasis a technical metal band from UK, Michael Faustino, a horn player from Portugal, and two street shows from Ireland by Murray Molloy and Logy.