Participants of the art competition held as part of the ongoing Handique Girls College’s annual week. Picture by S.H. Patgiri

Dec. 26: it is fun time for students of two premier colleges in the city celebrating their college weeks.

From participating in bridal competition to showing their culinary skills in cooking contests, the students of Cotton College and Handique Girls’ College are enjoying every bit of the celebrations.

At the Handique College today, students organised a bhajan and ghazal programme. A painting competition and memory contest were held followed by a modern song competition.

A speech competition and cooking competition will be organised tomorrow, followed by mono-acting and mime competitions. College authorities said the event promoted competition besides strengthening bonds between teachers and students. Student unions are looking after the smooth celebration of the event.

The annual college week of Cotton College started today with a march past competition and a cricket match between the Principal 11 and Cotton College Union Society General Secretary 11. A tribute was paid to martyrs and founders of the Cotton College today.

An arm-wrestling competition and a “Brides of India” competition will be held tomorrow at the Cotton College in the morning to be followed by a Bihu competition in the evening.

Handique College will also organise a room-cleaning competition, flower-arrangement competition, handicraft competition and a one-act play competition on December 28.

A heritage hall will also be inaugurated to host alumni and student-teacher meetings. The college also hosted sports events like athletics, including shot put, besides inter-class and inter-hostel tug-of-war competitions. Student personality contest will also be held.

Cotton College will also organise a Mr Cotton contest besides a recitation competition.

Events of major games like cricket, football, badminton, volleyball, basketball, carom and chess will be held. A cultural procession competition will be organised on December 30.

Don Bosco School is also not far behind in joining the festivities. The premier school in the city will hold a reunion of past Bosconians on December 28 titled “Nostalgia”, which will be an attempt to relive the past and share the experience with present students.

The main attraction of Nostalgia, however, will be a rock concert, to be performed by musical band Euphoria.

Around 2,000 alumni of the Don Bosco School, Guwahati will go through a journey down memory lane in a photo exhibition. They will remember their days in schools and share their memories with “long-lost” friends. Nostalgia will begin with a prayer meeting at the school assembly. The alumni will stand in line for prayer in the meeting place as they did every morning during their school days.