Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhopal (A Regional Centre of National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi) organized a "Folk Song Competition" on the theme "Ecofriendly Life of Tribes" on 25th August, 2022. Total 38 students of class 6 to 12 from eight schools participated in the competition.
During the welcome address, Scientist-in-charge of the museum, Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma welcomed the jury members, participants, teachers etc. and also detailed the role of tribal society towards the environment conservation.
Participants presented various songs like Bastermocho, Paryavaranbachaye ho, Aadivashiaadivashihamuaadivashi re, Aadivashijungle rakhvala re, Than liyo man paryavaranbacha, Are bole ji o ho dhartiyaha bi are bolo ji o, Jungle kisevamordharamhai;to elaborate the ecofriendly life of tribes.
Jury members of the competition Vijay Sapre, Music Instructor, Jawahar Bal Bhawan, Bhopal; Iqrar Hussain, Music Teacher, Scholar's Home Public School, Bhopal and Dr. BeenishRafat, Scientist-C, Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhopal evaluated the participants during competition.
Samiridhi Tekam from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sehore won the first prize, Mehvish Rizvi from Bal Bharti Public School, Bhopal bagged second prize and Prakhar Pandit from St Joseph Co-ed Senior Secondary School, Kolar, Bhopal bagged third prize, while Pihu Soni from BalBharti Public School, Bhopal; ArharvParmalkar from IES Public School, Bhopal; PurviPathakfrom KendriyaVidyalaya No; 3, Bhopal won the encouragement prizes of the competition.