Naya – The Home of Chitrakaars

Around ________ patuas or chitrakaars or artists live there.

• (a) 350

• (b) 300

• (c) 250

• (d) 150

Patachitra is a type of storytelling using ________ scrolls.

• (a) painted

• (b) printed

• (c) water

• (d) leather

Naya is a little village in West Bengal’s Midnapore _____.

• state

• district

• street

• garden

The literal translation of the word Chitrakar from Sanskrit is _____. 

• image maker

• cloth maker

• flute maker

• none

‘Pata Chitra’. - general term for traditional, ____-based scroll painting.

• paper

• cloth

• wire

• water

These storytellers sang songs ____ from village to village

• never move

• move

• are not allowed to move

• can't move

A traditional Pata was created by painting on a canvas made of______.

• clay

• plastic

• jute fibre

• polythene

Their stories included mythological stories and ____ folklore.

• untold

• aristocrat

• modern

• tribal

ØIn return for their performance, the villagers gave them rice, vegetables and (a)   .

Today, the patachitra art is flourishing again in the village, with village youngsters taking up the traditional art form as a ____ and profession.

• antipathy

• passion

• hatred thing

• none