Jan. 20: Beatbox champion Rizumik will be one of the attractions of Alcheringa-13, the annual festival of IIT Guwahati.

The three-day festival will begin on January 31.

Rizumik from Portugal was the American Beatbox Champion in 2012. In 2008, he won the contest Jovens Criadores (music) with the vocal project aCorda (featuring Sara Belo).

He was invited to represent Portugal at the Beatbox Battle World Championship in Berlin twice. He won the Best Beatbox Award in 2011.

Attractive cultural programmes with participation of artistes from across the country are ready to entertain the participants and students in the event. The organisers are hopeful of receiving several hundred participants in various competitions.

Alcheringa is a student-run non-profit organisation which caters primarily to the youths of the country and is usually held around the first weekend of February and lasts for three days and four nights. It consists of several competitions, informal events, workshops and showcases professional performances. It is by far the largest cultural festival of Northeast. More than 40,000 people come every year to witness this celebration of youth.

“We have invited India Jazz Suites to perform among us,” said an organiser.

Featuring Chitresh Das and Jason Samuels Smith, India Jazz Suites is a collaboration between one of India’s foremost Kathak dancers and Emmy Award-winning tap dancers.

The result of the combination is high entertainment which crosses boundaries of age, race and culture. Incredible speed and power, grace and beauty, epic storytelling and the pure joy of dance are its main attractions. After premiering in San Francisco in 2005, India Jazz Suites has received extensive critical acclaim and has toured around the US and India.

Mohit Chauhan who started his journey with Dooba Dooba Rehta Hoon will also entertain the students.

There are hosts of competitions including Electric Heels (a dance competition), Snapthrillz (online photography contest with the theme Blues), Haute Couture (fashion designing competition and show) and online movie-making competition with the theme “Green Ad” which will give opportunities to the students to showcase their talents.