BANGALORE: SIBM Bangalore recently hosted its annual international festival.Utopia 2011 was organised with the vision of giving international students an opportunity to showcase their talent through a wide spectrum of events.Participants from countries such as Sri Lanka, Nepal, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Iraq and Chad were present at the campus to attend the festival.The opening dance performance was by the hosts who displayed various formations using the indigenous “deeyas”.The chief guest Dr George Matthews White addressed the audience with his views on Diversity.A firm believer of Diversity, he propounded that it makes teams more productive due to the interesting mix of ideas and implementations and substantiated this by narrating various examples from his life and career.The momentum continued with the students of Garden City College marking the beginning of the Swivel’s dance performances by performing a traditional Sri Lankan composition.They were matched by other colleges like Brindavan, Sambharam, CMRMS, IFIM and T John who kept raising the expectations with every passing minute.The next to commence was the most awaited event of Swivel — the fashion show.Students from over four countries delighted the audience with their ramp walking skills who cheered with utmost enthusiasm.During the entire course of the day students were found pampering their taste buds in the plethora of food stalls that had the best of their cuisines to offer.The other events which were in progress were karaoke, tshirt painting, graffiti, face painting and pictionary where the students thoroughly enjoyed themselves and ended up mingling very well the other participants.The last leg of the event was what the sports enthusiasts were looking out for.There were a series of football and basketball matches between the hosts and various participating colleges.
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