Tribal paintings, also known as tribal art, are a kind of visual arts and the material culture of various indigenous people. They are also called primitive art or ethnographic art or non-Western art. They are often religious or ceremonial. They refer to the craftsmanship and the subject of the artifacts from different tribal cultures.
Through art, paintings, dance, folk music, festivals, and fairs, Bihar reflects its glorious past and rich cultural heritage. From paintings to visual arts, the themes mostly illustrate myths and legends of the Hindu religion. The folk paintings exemplify the Hindu deities, such as Lord Rama, Sita, Lord Shiva, Parvati, and so on. Ancient stories involving the Gods, Goddesses, sages, and legends are found to be depicted in the meticulously designed handicrafts. Bihar houses several Buddhist Monasteries, and hence, the state is also known as 'The Land of Buddha'.
Triumph over darkness with the brightness of purity. Vijaydashami, also known as Dussehra, celebrated on the 10th day of Navratra marks the victory of purity over evil, both symbolically and mythologically. It births prosperity, festivity painted with good health and well being, piousness in the atmosphere and an honour to every woman by revering the Goddess of power-Durga Ma. Every house marks it as the beginning of a prosperous today and tomorrow.
The amusing fact is that almost every Indian community celebrates it, but with its own ethnic touch. That is what brings the multicultural diversity to a traditional blend. The heterogenic traditions across the nation have their own style of commemorating this day.
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Like the diversity of India, its folk art also presents a huge canvas and depicts the cultural mosaics of this country in a very colourful style. This art can rightly be termed as an ocean of the folk art
The 5000 years old Indian culture has given successive generations a wonderful mindset tuned in amalgamation of tradition and modernity,
In Mithila, painting is normally done by
Madhubani district occupies an area of 3501 sq Kms. This district is bounded by a hill region of Nepal and extending to the border of Darbhanga District in the south, Sitamarhi district on the west and by supaul in the east. Madhubani fairly represents the centre of the territory once known as Mithila and the district has maintained a distinct individuality of its own.
Generally it is hold that way
Madhubani Paintings are an indigenous art form of a quaint village of Bihar. Here the women of the village maintain a matriarchal dominance over the craft. They paint figures from nature and myth on household and village walls to mark the seasonal festivals, for special events of the life-cycle, and when marriages are being arranged they prepare intricately designed wedding proposals, and the technique of
During the period 1966-68, a prolonged drought struck Madhubani and the neighbouring region of Mithila. In order to create a new source of non-agricultural income, the All-India Handicrafts Board encouraged the women entrepreneurs to produce their traditional paintings on handmade paper for commercial sale. For the market, the work is done on handmade paper or cloth treated with cow dung to give it its distinctive look and identity. Ever since,
