warli painting

Warli paintings are one of the most excellent examples of folk paintings in India. This style of tribal painting originated in the early 10th century AD in the North Sahyadri Range in Maharashtra. Rejecting the contemporary culture, the Warli tribe centers their art on the elements of Mother Nature.

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.