mangalore bili kadlas statelevel beary folk art festival organized by the karnataka beary sahithya academy will be held at don bosco hall here on tuesday addressing presspersons here on friday academy chairman m b abdul rahman said the statelevel competition on daff a unique folk art of the bearys will be held on the occasion the event has been organized as part of the academys efforts to preserve and conserve the folk arts of the beary people which is vanishing due to the influence of the media our rich folk heritage can be safeguarded only if the youth are encouraged to learn and perform them he said adding that the academy is striving in this direction as many as 20 invited daff troupes are expected to take part in the event department of kannada and culture director manu baligar will inaugurate the programme