The World Festival of Youth and Students is an international event, organized by the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY), a United Nations-recognized international youth non-governmental organization, jointly with the International Union of Students since 1947. The festival has been held regularly since 1947 as an event of global youth solidarity for democracy and against war and imperialism. There are several ways to apply for the World festival of Youth and Students

Photo Credits : Novoderezhkin Anton On the very first day of the festival, there was a casting call for the musical which is to be presented on the last day of the event. The casting call is to all the delegates who were attending the event. There were 25000 delegates from 183 countries and the musical aimed at integrating talented singers cum dancers who can be a part of the musical. While my fellow participants were planning a Sochi city tour, it was a tough decision for me