Read the following announcement and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 12 to 17.

THE OFFBEAT SARI EXHIBITION

We are pleased to announce the opening of “The Offbeat Sari”. This exhibition (12) _______ a long-held assumption of the traditional and uncomfortable sari because it offers a new perspective on one of South Asia’s oldest garments. (13) _______ proposed by Priya Khanchandani, the exhibition explores how the 5,000-year-old sari has been reinvented as a powerful symbol of cultural pride and social change.
The sari’s flexible form, (14) _______ is traditionally an unstitched drape, has enabled it to change and reflect different cultural influences over time. Today, designers are experimenting with (15) _______ materials such as steel and recycled fabrics, giving the garment a more modern character.
(16) _______ 54 saris by India’s most renowned designers, the exhibition is organized into three sections: Transformations, Identity and Resistance, and New Materialities. These works reveal how the sari is not just clothing, but a way to express ideas about society. Far from passive or uncomfortable, the sari has emerged as dynamic, modern, and central to (17) _______.
Bunjil Place, Narre Warren
Now showing until August 30
(Adapted from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-29/)