Heritage Week: Festival Facts and Budget Scheduling
A jail in Bhopal plans a four-day 'Madhya Pradesh Heritage Week' for 60 inmates. The available slots are 26–29 January. The budget is ₹40,000. The coordinator proposes: Day 1-Khajuraho Dance Festival live streaming; Day 2-Tansen Samaroh recording; Day 3-Bhagoria Haat folk dance; Day 4-Gond painting workshop. A local NGO offers four options: (a) a Maach theatre troupe from Malwa; (b) a Rai dance group from Bundelkhand; (c) a Bhagoria drum and dance group from Jhabua; (d) a Gond painting artist from Dindori. Travel and honorarium costs: Maach ₹12,000; Rai ₹9,000; Bhagoria ₹7,000; Gond ₹6,000. Only one option can be booked per day, and the total must stay within ₹40,000. The superintendent wants at least one tribal art form and one classical/folk theatre form, and does not want two performances on consecutive days from the same region. The indoor hall is unavailable on 27 January because of a health camp, so only the open yard can be used that day; the Gond artist's materials cannot be used in wind or dust.
1. Correct the coordinator's identification of the three festivals: where and when is each actually held, and what does that mean for a 26–29 January programme?
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Khajuraho Dance Festival is held in February at Khajuraho in Chhatarpur district, not in January. Tansen Samaroh is held in December at Gwalior, near Tansen's tomb. Bhagoria Haat is a March fair associated with Jhabua and Alirajpur districts, before Holi.
Therefore a 26–29 January programme cannot honestly present a live Khajuraho festival feed or a live Bhagoria fair. The coordinator should use recorded performances, invite local artists, or hold a thematic talk. The label must not claim a live event that is not taking place.
2. Select four activities within budget that satisfy the superintendent's conditions. Show the cost and the regional balance, and handle the 27 January hall constraint.
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Total cost = 12,000 + 9,000 + 7,000 + 6,000 = ₹34,000, leaving ₹6,000 contingency within the ₹40,000 budget. Tribal art is covered by Bhagoria (Jhabua) and Gond (Dindori); theatre is covered by Maach (Malwa). The four regions are different, so no two consecutive days repeat a region.
A workable order: Day 1-Gond painting (indoors, Dindori tribal art); Day 2-Rai dance in the open yard (Bundelkhand); Day 3-Maach theatre (Malwa); Day 4-Bhagoria drum and dance (Jhabua tribal art). Because 27 January has only the open yard, do not put the Gond painting there; put Rai or Maach in the yard and keep Gond indoors on 26, 28 or 29 January.
3. The Khajuraho live stream fails on Day 1 because of a network outage. What backup should be used, and what should the announcer avoid saying?
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Use the already-budgeted Gond painting workshop or a recorded documentary on Khajuraho with a short introduction by a teacher. The Gond option is cheapest and already fulfils the tribal-art condition; if the artist is unavailable that day, swap the order rather than making a new booking.
The announcer must not describe a recording as a 'live' event or imply that the festival is taking place in January. The backup should preserve the educational purpose and the budget, not the false label.