Guide Lines

All participating teams must report on the 8th Jan 2012 fore noon. Arrangements for lodging & boarding will be provided, by the organizers, from 8th January 2012 onwards. All the participating teams are requested to come at least a day before the carnival starts so as to get acclimatized to the cold weather and be acquainted with the arrangements. The mess will start functioning only from the lunch onwards of 8th January 2011. Lodging will be provided till 12 noon of 14th January 2012. No meals other than breakfast will be served on 14th January 2012.
All traveling expenses have to be borne by the participants. However, if required, organizers may help in arranging conveyance from Delhi to Manali and back if a request for the same is made in advance.
There are regular buses plying from New Delhi to Manali that are run by the Himachal Pradesh Transport Corporation and the Himachal Tourism. The buses of Himachal Road Transport start from inter state bus terminus and the buses of Himachal Tourism start from Himachal Tourism office at Janpath, Connaught Place, New Delhi. The bus journey takes approx. 15 hours. Manali is approx. 570 km. from Delhi. Teams can also get buses from Chandigarh and Pathankot. Private Luxury Coaches are also available. Flights to Kullu are also operated by several private companies from Delhi airport on regular basis.
All teams should bring only genuine participants. Non-participants will be charged

Rs.500/- per head per day.

All teams must be accompanied by an incharge who will be responsible for the conduct of the team.
Female participants will be provided separate rooms in the same hotel allotted to their teams.
Teams must maintain strict discipline. No alcoholic drinks will be allowed to be consumed during the Carnival. Teams found misbehaving are liable to be expelled and sent back.
Heavy woolen clothing must be brought. Each participant must have his own bedding which should necessarily include a heavy woolen blanket. The night temperature in Manali, during this period, dips to as low as -4 degree c.
The organisers can in no way be held responsible for any mishap or accident that occurs before/during or after the carnival.
The organisers have requisitioned the services of a competent doctor who will provide all the medicines of everyday use. However any special medicine required by the individual participant must be brought by the concerned participant and should be taken on doctor’s advice only.
All participants must report at the back stage at least an hour before their scheduled programme is to start.
All musical instruments, dresses, props etc. required by the participants have to be arranged/brought by the teams themselves The items so brought must be looked after by the teams and the organisers will in no way be responsible for the loss or theft of these items.
Each participating team will be limited to a maximum of 35 members including accompanists and team leaders.
The decision of the judges will be final and binding on all participants.
EACH PARTICIPANT MUST CARRY ALONG WITH HIM TWO PASSPORT SIZE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE ISSUE OF IDENTITY CARD, NO PARTICIPANT WITHOUT IDENTITY CARD WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE.
VULGARITY OF ANY KIND IN THE EVENTS SHALL NOT BE TOLERATED.

All participants must bring the following :-

a) HEAVY WOOLEN BLANKETS
b) PAD LOCK
c) PAIR OF GLOVES
d) WOOLEN SOCKS
e) TORCH

f) MONKEY CAP
g) SWEATER {2 NOS.}
h) COLD CREAM
i) GOGGLES
j) HUNTER/SPORTS SHOES/GUMBOOTS ETC.

Incase of a tie, the prize amount shall be divided equally both of teams or individual prize winners

TIMINGS :
All events will take place from 10:00 a.m. onwards on all days of the Festival.

Note :-
1. Performance of sub standard items would invite disqualification of the teams.

2. All teams should submit the lists of their participants including the names of the team leaders with their passport size photographs and the names of the events in which they are participating.