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Varied emotions:(clockwise from top) This contestant practises earnestly for the Kerala Nadanam contest at the Kerala University Youth Festival at Mavelikara on Friday; a contestant protests in front of the main venue against the insistence on recorded music on CD for the Kathakali contest and the subsequent cancellation of the event; a member of the audience for mimicry is in splits; and Arya S. Kumar who won the first prize in Kerala Nadanam, which was introduced in the festival for the first time.— Photos: Thulasi Kakkat

Varied emotions: (clockwise from top left) Arya S. Kumar who won the first prize in Kerala Nadanam at the Kerala University Youth Festival at Mavelikara on Friday; an artist protests in front of the main venue against the insistence on recorded music on CD for the Kathakali contest and the subsequent cancellation of the event; and a member of the audience for mimicry is in splits . — Photos: Thulasi Kakkat