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Muscat Kalolsavam — Community Arts Festival for Four Age Groups, with Solo and Group Placing Points, Set Up in Minutes

Muscat Kalolsavam: The Malayali community arts festival in Muscat, Oman, open to all Indian communities: 44 items across Sub Junior, Junior, Senior and...

e By Luke Justin October 27, 2026 4 min read

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Kalotsavam · Malayalee Association

The Malayali community arts festival in Muscat, Oman, open to all Indian communities: 44 items across Sub Junior, Junior, Senior and Open age groups plus group events, with 5-4-3-2-1 solo and 10-8-6-4-2 group placing points for the Kalaprathibha and Kalathilakam titles.

Sets up a Malayali community arts festival in Oman: four solo age groups from Sub Junior to Open, three group age bands, 44 stage and off-stage items and the 5-4-3-2-1 solo and 10-8-6-4-2 group placing points.

This template builds a community arts festival of the kalolsavam kind, as run for the Malayali community in Muscat, Oman and open to every Indian community there. The coordinator opens an event that already holds 44 competition items, seven age groups and the placing points, instead of drawing up the entry sheet and the age bands from a blank page.

Solo entrants compete in four age groups: Sub Junior (born 2017 or later, so 0 to 9), Junior (10 to 13), Senior (14 to 18) and Open (19 and over). Age is counted on 31 December of the festival year, and the printed bands overlap at 14 and 18, so the template follows the birth years instead. Group events use three bands, Below 10, 10 to 18 and 18 Plus, and the age of the oldest team member decides the band the whole team enters.

The items span dance (Bharathanatyam, Mohiniyattam, Kuchippudi, folk, cinematic, semi-classical and extempore dance), music (classical, light, film song, drama song, Mappilapattu, Nadanpattu and an Instruments item), stage speech and acting (Recitation, Story Telling, Elocution, Mono Act, Kathaprasangam, Fancy Dress, Ottanthullal) and off-stage work (Pencil Drawing, Pencil Colouring, Water Colouring, Story, Poem and Essay Writing, Gadhya Parayanam). Group items include Oppana, Thiruvathira, Margam Kali, Kol Kali, Duffmuttu, Group Song, Mime, Mehendi Design and the group dance and song formats. Which item runs in which age group follows the festival’s own events list.

Every entry is scored out of 100 and ranked. Placing points are 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 for the first five places in a solo item and 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2 in a group item, with joint winners sharing the same points. The festival’s own title system needs at least four solo items in the participant’s age group, and group points do not count towards it. The source prints no judging criteria, time limits, grades or team sizes, so none are installed; add the panel’s criteria on each item if your festival uses them. Entry fees, the seven-item limit per participant and the minimum entries needed to hold an item are also left to the coordinator’s event settings.

Where this event comes from

Built from the 2026 events list and terms published for the festival, which set out the age groups, the item list and the placing points.

Where this event is run

Run as an annual community festival for Malayalis and other Indian families in Muscat, Oman. The same kalolsavam format, with solo age groups, group bands and point-based championship titles, is used by community festivals across the Gulf and in Kerala.

Oman
Gulf states
Kerala, India

Key facts

44 items across dance, music, stage speech and acting, and off-stage writing and art
4 solo age groups by birth year: Sub Junior 0 to 9, Junior 10 to 13, Senior 14 to 18, Open 19 and over
3 group bands: Below 10, 10 to 18 and 18 Plus, decided by the oldest team member
Placing points: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 for solo items and 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 for group items; joint winners share points
Every entry is scored out of 100; no criteria, time limits or grades are printed, so none are installed
Not modelled: entry fees, the seven-solo-item limit, the minimum entries per item and the choice of instrument inside the Instruments item

Age groups: 7
Competition items: 44
Competitions: 134
Grade bands: 0
Rank awards: 10

Age groups

Every candidate is placed into one of these groups by age, and competitions are run per group.

Sub Junior

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9To

Candidates aged 0 to 9 compete in this group

Junior

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13To

Candidates aged 10 to 13 compete in this group

Senior

14From

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18To

Candidates aged 14 to 18 compete in this group

Open

19From

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120To

Candidates aged 19 to 120 compete in this group

Group Below 10

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9To

Candidates aged 0 to 9 compete in this group

Group 10 to 18

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18To

Candidates aged 10 to 18 compete in this group

Group 18 Plus

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120To

Candidates aged 19 to 120 compete in this group

Competition items

The events themselves — each with the category it belongs to and how judges score it.

Show all 44 items

Competitions by group

The full schedule matrix, sectioned by age group then category — which item runs for whom, and for how long.

Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Sub Junior
On Stage
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Bharathanatyam	Individual	—	—	100	—
Folk Dance	Individual	—	—	100	—
Cinematic Dance	Individual	—	—	100	—
Classical Music	Individual	—	—	100	—
Light Music	Individual	—	—	100	—
Film Song	Individual	—	—	100	—
Drama Song	Individual	—	—	100	—
Mappilapattu	Individual	—	—	100	—
Nadanpattu	Individual	—	—	100	—
Recitation	Individual	—	Malayalam	100	—
Recitation	Individual	—	English	100	—
Fancy Dress	Individual	—	—	100	—
Instruments	Individual	—	—	100	—
Story Telling	Individual	—	Malayalam	100	—
Story Telling	Individual	—	English	100	—
Off Stage
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Pencil Drawing	Individual	—	—	100	—
Pencil Colouring	Individual	—	—	100	—
Junior
On Stage
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Bharathanatyam	Individual	—	—	100	—
Mohiniyattam	Individual	—	—	100	—
Kuchippudi	Individual	—	—	100	—
Extempore Spot Dance	Individual	—	—	100	—
Folk Dance	Individual	—	—	100	—
Kerala Nadanam	Individual	—	—	100	—
Cinematic Dance	Individual	—	—	100	—
Extempore Dance	Individual	—	—	100	—
Classical Music	Individual	—	—	100	—
Light Music	Individual	—	—	100	—
Film Song	Individual	—	—	100	—
Drama Song	Individual	—	—	100	—
Nadanpattu	Individual	—	—	100	—
Mappilapattu	Individual	—	—	100	—
Mono Act	Individual	—	—	100	—
Recitation	Individual	—	Malayalam	100	—
Recitation	Individual	—	English	100	—
Fancy Dress	Individual	—	—	100	—
Instruments	Individual	—	—	100	—
Semi Classical Dance	Individual	—	—	100	—
Kathaprasangam	Individual	—	—	100	—
Elocution	Individual	—	Malayalam	100	—
Elocution	Individual	—	English	100	—
Gadhya Parayanam	Individual	—	Malayalam	100	—
Off Stage
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Pencil Drawing	Individual	—	—	100	—
Pencil Colouring	Individual	—	—	100	—
Water Colouring	Individual	—	—	100	—
Story Writing	Individual	—	Malayalam	100	—
Story Writing	Individual	—	English	100	—
Poem Writing	Individual	—	Malayalam	100	—
Poem Writing	Individual	—	English	100	—
Essay Writing	Individual	—	Malayalam	100	—
Essay Writing	Individual	—	English	100	—
Senior
On Stage
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Bharathanatyam	Individual	—	—	100	—
Mohiniyattam	Individual	—	—	100	—
Kuchippudi	Individual	—	—	100	—
Folk Dance	Individual	—	—	100	—
Kerala Nadanam	Individual	—	—	100	—
Cinematic Dance	Individual	—	—	100	—
Extempore Dance	Individual	—	—	100	—
Classical Music	Individual	—	—	100	—
Light Music	Individual	—	—	100	—
Film Song	Individual	—	—	100	—
Drama Song	Individual	—	—	100	—
Nadanpattu	Individual	—	—	100	—
Mappilapattu	Individual	—	—	100	—
Recitation	Individual	—	Malayalam	100	—
Recitation	Individual	—	English	100	—
Mono Act	Individual	—	—	100	—
Fancy Dress	Individual	—	—	100	—
Instruments	Individual	—	—	100	—
Semi Classical Dance	Individual	—	—	100	—
Ottanthullal	Individual	—	—	100	—
Off Stage
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Pencil Drawing	Individual	—	—	100	—
Pencil Colouring	Individual	—	—	100	—
Open
On Stage
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Bharathanatyam	Individual	—	—	100	—
Mohiniyattam	Individual	—	—	100	—
Kuchippudi	Individual	—	—	100	—
Folk Dance	Individual	—	—	100	—
Kerala Nadanam	Individual	—	—	100	—
Cinematic Dance	Individual	—	—	100	—
Extempore Dance	Individual	—	—	100	—
Classical Music	Individual	—	—	100	—
Light Music	Individual	—	—	100	—
Film Song	Individual	—	—	100	—
Drama Song	Individual	—	—	100	—
Nadanpattu	Individual	—	—	100	—
Mappilapattu	Individual	—	—	100	—
Recitation	Individual	—	Malayalam	100	—
Recitation	Individual	—	English	100	—
Mono Act	Individual	—	—	100	—
Fancy Dress	Individual	—	—	100	—
Instruments	Individual	—	—	100	—
Off Stage
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Pencil Drawing	Individual	—	—	100	—
Pencil Colouring	Individual	—	—	100	—
Group Below 10
On Stage
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Semi Classical Dance (Group)	Team	—	—	100	—
Classical Dance (Group)	Team	—	—	100	—
Folk Theme Dance	Team	—	—	100	—
Cinematic Dance (Group)	Team	—	—	100	—
Oppana	Team	—	—	100	—
Thiruvathira	Team	—	—	100	—
Margam Kali	Team	—	—	100	—
Kol Kali	Team	—	—	100	—
Duffmuttu	Team	—	—	100	—
Nadan Pattu (Group)	Team	—	—	100	—
Group Song	Team	—	—	100	—
Mime	Team	—	—	100	—
Indian Folk	Team	—	—	100	—
Off Stage
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Mehendi Design	Team	—	—	100	—
Group 10 to 18
On Stage
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Semi Classical Dance (Group)	Team	—	—	100	—
Classical Dance (Group)	Team	—	—	100	—
Folk Theme Dance	Team	—	—	100	—
Cinematic Dance (Group)	Team	—	—	100	—
Oppana	Team	—	—	100	—
Thiruvathira	Team	—	—	100	—
Margam Kali	Team	—	—	100	—
Kol Kali	Team	—	—	100	—
Duffmuttu	Team	—	—	100	—
Nadan Pattu (Group)	Team	—	—	100	—
Group Song	Team	—	—	100	—
Mime	Team	—	—	100	—
Indian Folk	Team	—	—	100	—
Off Stage
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Mehendi Design	Team	—	—	100	—
Group 18 Plus
On Stage
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Semi Classical Dance (Group)	Team	—	—	100	—
Classical Dance (Group)	Team	—	—	100	—
Folk Theme Dance	Team	—	—	100	—
Cinematic Dance (Group)	Team	—	—	100	—
Oppana	Team	—	—	100	—
Thiruvathira	Team	—	—	100	—
Margam Kali	Team	—	—	100	—
Kol Kali	Team	—	—	100	—
Duffmuttu	Team	—	—	100	—
Nadan Pattu (Group)	Team	—	—	100	—
Group Song	Team	—	—	100	—
Mime	Team	—	—	100	—
Indian Folk	Team	—	—	100	—
Off Stage
Item	Type	Gender	Language	Max score	Time limit
Mehendi Design	Team	—	—	100	—

Grades and ranks

How scores turn into grade bands, and how many points each placing is worth.

Grade	For	Condition	Score	Points

Rank	For	Points
First	Individual	5
Second	Individual	4
Third	Individual	3
Fourth	Individual	2
Fifth	Individual	1
First	Team	10
Second	Team	8
Third	Team	6
Fourth	Team	4
Fifth	Team	2

Frequently asked questions

Can I change this template after installing it?

Yes — installing it creates a fully configured, live event, not a locked package. Every age group, competition item, rule and scoring setting can be edited afterwards to match exactly what your event actually needs.