The award ceremony of Roo Siththam, the annual all island art competition organized by Sri Lanka’s leading fashion destination, Fashion Bug, was held recently in two stages; Colombo and Kandy. Over 500 children were gifted out of the record number of 65,000 entries from over 300 schools.

Initiated in 2011, with the objective of identifying the creative talents of school children, Roo Siththam is the signature annual event pertaining to Fashion Bug’s social sustainability platform SisuDirimaga, which is dedicated to improving education of students in Sri Lanka. The competition is organized under the supervision of the Department of Arts of the Ministry of Education.