The fifth Youth Delphic Games will be held in Goa from February 1 to 14, 2016. Delphic games are related to art and culture and India is going to organize it for the first time. The Delphic Games will attract 7000 participants from more than 125 countries. The game has six art categories and over 70 sub-categories. For the Games, youth between 15 and 25 years of age, will be invited to participate under the motto “Celebrating Arts and Cultures”.

Delphic Games are regarded as the twin sister of the Olympic Games. The games have a history of 2500-year history in ancient Greece. The Delphic Games of the modern era was founded in 1994 and has travelled across eight countries in the past 20 years in two formats.

Main Categories of Delphic Games

1. Musical arts and sounds (singing, instrumental music, electronic sounds)
2. Performing arts (dance, theatre, circus, puppetry)
3. Language arts (literature, poetry, moderation)
4. Visual arts (painting, graphics, sculpture, installation, fashion, photography)
5. Social arts (communications, Internet, media, pedagogic, didactic)
6. Ecological arts & architecture (urban planning, landscaping, preservation and conservation of nature, monuments).

The International Delphic Council (IDC) is the highest authority for all matters of the Delphic Games/Junior Delphic Games. The main purpose the organization is the reintroduction of the Delphic Games.