Waves

The tradition & historical record

Waves is an annual cultural festival held at BITS, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, India. The festival focuses on music, dance, and art, and typically takes place over three days in late October or early November. Established in 2006, the festival includes events related to dance, drama, literature, comedy, fashion, and music. ¹

Waves originated as an intra-college festival in 2005 and became an intercollegiate event in 2006. In subsequent years, colleges from Goa and Mumbai participated. The theme for the 2008 festival was "Nirvana". In 2009, two editions of the festival were held. Waves 2014 included an international act, The Worldfest a Coke Studio performance for the Indie Nite, and the Sea Rock event, a semi-professional rock band competition. Comedy groups such as All India Bakchod, TVF, and Being Indian have performed at Waves. The festival has also hosted events such as Sunburn and Femina Miss India eliminations. The 10th anniversary of Waves was celebrated from November 4th to 6th in 2016, with the theme "Tides of Time". The theme for Waves 2019 was "En Voyage". ¹

Events and competitions at Waves span various cultural categories, including music, dance, literary arts, quiz, drama, fine arts, film, and more. Participants compete in over 40 competitions. The concept of mini-fests was introduced in the 2017 edition of Waves, grouping competitions into four categories: Florence, focuses on performing arts, Beau Vista is centered on design, Carpe Dictum covers literary arts, and Specials includes quiz, film, and photography events. Waves also conducts elimination rounds for some competitions in cities outside the campus. For Waves 2016, the stand-up comedy competition "Show Me the Funny" held elimination rounds in cities including Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Delhi, and Hyderabad. ¹

Teams from colleges across India participate in these events. ¹

Natyanjali is a group dance competition featuring various dance forms. Judges have included individuals from dance and choreography academies in India. ¹

This event serves as a talent hunt. Participants showcase talents such as music, dance, and acting, followed by a question round. In Waves 2019, this event was judged by Raghu Ram. ¹

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