International Ethnic Folklorre Festival-Sri Lanka

Participation Conditions

Here are the Festival Conditions

International Ethnic Folklorre Festival Sri Lanka is the unique recreational and non-commercial festival, one-of-a-kind in the world of dance and music. It is characterized by the unique format of the event, variety of performing arts and performing features of performances, from all corners of the Globe,

openness to the new, combination of entertainment and high artistic level of participant's performance where the cultures of the World UNITE in the heart of Sri Lanka's Capital colombo.

The Festival showcases 5-6 International Dance/music ensembles with 30+ National Ensembles. The festival will be a highlight of the Colombo's Cultural diversity and it expects an exceptional line up which brings over 400 artists together with the massive crowd over 10,000 patrons by hitting the biggest grounds & Auditoriums of Colombo Regions.

IEFF SRI LANKA celebrates the glory of world performing arts on Indian stages with a theme of Let's Dance for world peace along with Sri Lankan Tourism of Colombo, Negombo, Kandy, Sigiriya, Nuwara Eliya, Galle & Bentota Tours .

Admission to the Festival :

Festival Editions :

01st Edition : JAN 14-20, 2026
2nd Edition : APR 20-27, 2026
3rd Edition : NOV 24-30, 2026
Dance & Music Ensembles interested to participate at the IEFF SRI LANKA 2026 - New Delhi-INDIA, must submit the application form to the festival committee at ieffsrilanka@gmail.com

Welcome to all groups and to ages, along with Families and friends of Artistic groups to the SRI LANKA's capital city COLOMBO.
Direct flights to COLOMBO (Capital City of SRI LANKA) - Bandaranaike International Airport- COLOMBO (CMB).
Comfort hotel stays with utmost hygiene along with Delicious cuisines of INDIA will be provided.
Convenient and friendly program schedules.
Exploring world dance forms from different countries through dance dialog and music.
Learing and teaching the dance forms through the workshop to world peforming artists.
Internal Transport will be convered in Volvo buses for comfortable travels.
Each participant will be awarded an Honorary Diploma of Festival. A Festival Trophy to the group leader.
The organizers will send you soft copy of group performances with photos & Videos from the festival program.
Traditional Indian dress wear and photo sessions.
Exploring different delicious cuisines of SRI LANKA.
Helps to explore as 10+ Monuments of Colombo in City Tour and other state tours.
Exploring the different local markets of Colombo to explore the life styles of Sinhales

Festival Organizer will select the best 5-7 dance/music groups with exceptional artistic level from 4 corners of the World.

Styles :Festival is open to all dance and music groups of any style: Folk Dances (More preferable), Theatres, Classical, Ballets, Latin, Social, Oriental, Fusion Dances, Choirs, Brass Bands, Orchestras & Majorettes.

Age : 7 to 70+ years.

Group : 5 to 40+ unlimited

Music : Groups are allowed to perform on live or recorded music.

Travel : Flight Tickets round trip and the Travel Health insurance should be at the Group's Expense.

Accommodation : Each group should choose the accommodation packages listed below in this section. Festival provides 3* & 4* hotel according to the Accommodation packages chosen by the groups.

Food : Three times meals Breakfast, Lunch and Dinners will be served. Exploring different cuisines of Sri Lanka includes the buffets, packed food, Street food etc., accoding to the Indian Food Standards.

Performance : The Groups should perform 3 different dance/music items with 10min each 1 or 2 times a day at provided venues. Smaller groups should perform for 5 min each, 3 performances with different costumes.

Competitioin : Festival Participants can only take part in the Competition which will be held one day during the festival with extra entry fee which is Optional Category.

Festival provides one day free to all participants.

Only Festival Participants can take part in the festival Competition where they need to pay extra Competition entry fee.
Competition is open to all dance and music groups of any dance and music styles

Group Members :Solos, duets and trios to Groups.

Group Members :Should be of min 5 to 20 max.

Performance :Groups 5-6 min; Solos/duets/trios with 2.5-3min dance piece.

Competition Participation fees :

Groups Category: 100EUR
Solos, Duet, Trios, Quartet : 25€, 30€, 35€, 40€

Winners Cash prizes :

Groups Category: 500€, 200€, 100€ along with Trophies and Diplomas.
Solos, Duet, Trios etc : 100€, 50€ along with Trophies and Diplomas.

Jury :

The Jury evaluates the participants in accordance with the regulations. The jury consists of 3 highly skilled professional, jury's decision will be considered as the final verdict for the competition.
At Jury's decision competition holds surprise additional relevant diplomas in choreographies & costumes.

Venues for performances will include open-air stages, theaters, halls, Auditoriums, the parade through the central street- The New Delhi, and scenic spots without special stage facilities or lighting equipment.
Groups should attend the rehearsal on time.
Groups should provide 1 workshop in the festival. and should actively participate in other groups workshops too.
The group has to take part in all programs. During the festival period, the groups have no right to cancel any performance.
Every member of the group, has to have Travel Insurance which should include your medical and accidental coverage during the period of the festival.
Group will be accompanied by one IEFF Sri Lanka-host during the festival.
Group has to get 2 National Flags of their Country and 3-4 gifts for exchange.
Groups will be allotted one day during the festival for the Colombo City sightseeing. (Monument Entry fee should be paid by the participant)
Other expenses, such as beverages, laundry, room service, long distance calls etc. shall be borne by the individual of the group.
Smoking and drinking alcholic at venues or in buses is highly prohibited.
Organizers has the right to change the program schedules at any point of time.
Groups should follow the instructions from the organizer, rude behaviours will not be tolerated in anyways.

Starter

A-Type 1

6 Days / 5 Nights

3* Rated Hotel

Double Sharing

3 Times Meals

Airport Transfers

Colombo Tour-Day1

Basic

A-Type 2

7 Days / 6 Nights

3* Rated Hotel

Double Sharing

3 Times Meals

Airport Transfers

Colombo Tour-Day1

Colombo Tour-Day2

Budget

A-Type 3

8 Days / 7 Nights

3* Rated Hotel

Triple Sharing

3 Times Meals

Airport Transfers

Colombo Tour-Day1

Colombo Tour-Day2

Negombo Tour

Luxury

B-Type 1

8 Days / 7 Nights

4* Rated Hotel

Double Sharing

3 Times Meals

Airport Transfers

Colombo Tour-Day1

Colombo Tour-Day2

Negombo Tour

Silver

B-Type 2

10 Days / 9 Nights

4* Rated Hotel

Double Sharing

3 Times Meals

Airport Transfers

Colombo Tour-Day1

Colombo Tour-Day2

Negombo Tour

Kandy Tour

Gold

B-Type 3

12 Days / 11 Nights

4* Rated Hotel

Double Sharing

3 Times Meals

Airport Transfers

Colombo Tour-Day1

Colombo Tour-Day2

Negombo Tour

Kandy Tour

Sigiriya Tour

Platinum

B-Type 4

15 Days / 14 Nights

4* Hotel

Double Sharing

3 Times Meals

Airport Transfers

Colombo Tour-Day1

Colombo Tour-Day2

Negombo Tour

Kandy Tour

Sigiriya Tour

Nuwara Eliya

Bentota Tour

Admission to the Festival :

Festival Editions :

Accommodation Packages :

Group should choose the accommodation packages specified below.