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Warli art is a 10th-century tribal folk painting style from Maharashtra, India, traditionally created by women using white rice paste on mud walls to depict daily life and nature. It uses a simple geometric vocabulary—circles, triangles, and squares—to represent humans, animals, and rituals, notably featuring the Tarpa dance and fertility symbols.
State: Maharashtra
Weight: 30 Gram
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- Geometric Shapes: The art uses a basic vocabulary of shapes: circles (sun/moon), triangles (mountains/trees), and squares (land/sacred enclosures).
- Monochromatic Palette: Traditionally, only white paint made from rice paste and gum is used on mud, red soil, or cow dung backgrounds.
- Symbolic Human Figures: Humans and animals are depicted using two inverted triangles joined at the tip, symbolizing the balance between the universe and the body.
- Daily Life and Nature Themes: Scenes frequently portray farming, hunting, fishing, festivals, dancing, and nature, with a notable absence of mythical, divine, or heroic figures.
- Ritualistic Significance: Many paintings are created for specific rituals, such as weddings or harvests, with the chauk (a sacred square) serving as a central motif, often featuring the Mother Goddess (Palaghata).
- Simple, Linear Style: The art is simplistic, often painted freehand, and uses basic lines to convey complex stories.
- Origin: It is one of the oldest forms of Indian folk art, originally created by tribal women on village hut walls.
Weight: 30 Grams
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