RAS question
The Gavri or Gavari folk drama is performed over how many days?
Correct answer: (D) 40 days.
Gavri, also called Gavari, is a Bhil folk dance-drama festival of Rajasthan that lasts for about 40 days.
Explanation
Gavri or Gavari is not a short staged play but a long ritual-theatrical cycle of the Bhil community. IGNCA identifies it as a dance-drama festival of the Bhils of Rajasthan and says it lasts for almost 40 days in the Hindu months of Savan and Bhado. It is performed after Raksha Bandhan, with performers travelling from village to village and presenting episodes drawn from mythology and social themes. That duration is central to the tradition: Gavri is remembered in Rajasthan culture because it stretches across weeks of worship, performance and community participation, making 40 days the only option that matches both the cultural context and IGNCA.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Ten days is too short for Gavri, which IGNCA describes as a roughly 40-day Bhil dance-drama festival.
- (B) Three days would fit a brief festival performance, but Gavri is a weeks-long tradition rather than a three-day event.
- (C) Seven days still understates the duration, because Gavri lasts almost 40 days.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan folk theatre and tribal cultural traditions, especially the distinctive performance practices of the Bhil community. RAS often asks such duration, community and festival-context facts because they connect art forms with Rajasthan's social history.