{"id":11743,"date":"2025-02-23T12:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T08:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nu.edu.om\/?p=11743"},"modified":"2025-03-05T06:10:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T06:10:54","slug":"the-international-cultural-festival-vit-25-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nu.edu.om\/engineering\/the-international-cultural-festival-vit-25-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"The International Cultural Festival (VIT 25) in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\">The National University of Science and Technology is participating in the International Cultural Festival (VIT 25) in the Republic of India, which will be held from February 18 to 23, 2025. This festival aims to promote cultural exchange among students from various countries. The Sultanate of Oman will showcase its culture through a traditional theatrical performance titled &#8220;The Eternal Omani Occasions,&#8221; which will highlight Omani wedding ceremonies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\">NU participated in the cultural exhibition as part of the festival&#8217;s activities. The exhibition showcased traditional Omani clothing and ornaments that the Omani community still preserves for all occasions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\">During the participation, the university delegation visited the campus facilities to learn more about the services offered to students and meet other participants to discover their diverse cultures. The festival hosted 85 participants from universities around the world. The Omani delegation also had the opportunity to visit historical and tourist landmarks in Chennai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 12.0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\">Senior Specialist of Student Affairs, Mr. Muntasar Al-Balushi, led the delegation from the National University. It included students Sheeth Al-Rasbi, Faidh Al-Balushi, Shama Al-Rushdi, Alya Al-Jabri, and Quds Al-Musafir.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National University of Science and Technology Represents Oman at the International Cultural Festival (VIT 25) in India<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11744,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-coe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The International Cultural Festival (VIT 25) in India - College of Engineering<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nu.edu.om\/engineering\/the-international-cultural-festival-vit-25-in-india\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The International Cultural Festival (VIT 25) in India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"National University of Science and Technology Represents Oman at the International Cultural Festival (VIT 25) in India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nu.edu.om\/engineering\/the-international-cultural-festival-vit-25-in-india\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College of Engineering\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-23T08:20:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-05T06:10:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nu.edu.om\/engineering\/assets\/uploads\/sites\/2\/media\/1172\/international.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3511\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2341\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mohammed Al Mamari\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mohammed Al Mamari\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nu.edu.om\\\/engineering\\\/the-international-cultural-festival-vit-25-in-india\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nu.edu.om\\\/engineering\\\/the-international-cultural-festival-vit-25-in-india\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mohammed Al Mamari\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nu.edu.om\\\/engineering\\\/?lang=ar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/70d0cee229259abe662323ee5f2e3256\"},\"headline\":\"The International Cultural Festival (VIT 25) in India\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-23T08:20:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-05T06:10:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nu.edu.om\\\/engineering\\\/the-international-cultural-festival-vit-25-in-india\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":181,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nu.edu.om\\\/engineering\\\/the-international-cultural-festival-vit-25-in-india\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nu.edu.om\\\/engineering\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/media\\\/1172\\\/international.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News-CoE\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nu.edu.om\\\/engineering\\\/the-international-cultural-festival-vit-25-in-india\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nu.edu.om\\\/engineering\\\/the-international-cultural-festival-vit-25-in-india\\\/\",\"name\":\"The International Cultural Festival (VIT 25) in India - 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