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Tribal Weave of The North-East
Tribal areas of the North-Bengal, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram...
Jasleen Dhamija

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Tie and Dye of Threads
Patan used to export patolas. In Cambodia, Thailand & Indonesia patola played an important part in rituals & ceremonies & became integral part of their lives...
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Performance Tradition and Modern Theatre
It created great rupture from the performance tradition of more than two thousand years which began with the dialogue hymns of the Rigveda and developed with the two great epics - the Ramayana and the Mahabharata...
Suresh Awasthi

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Wood Work in India
Today wood has become scarce and extremely expensive. Gone are the days when wood was available in plenty. Temples, houses, were built in wood....
Jasleen Dhamija

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Martial Arts and Performance Tradition
Why should martial art lead to the evolution of performance forms or inter-act with a form in its evolution and vitally influence its nature and design of movements?
Suresh Awasthi

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Affordable Art
Different people buy art for different reasons. Collectors hoard art after a passion, multinationals buy and display works of established artists to assert distinction, some buy to beautify their homes, some for investment and some to merely demonstrate their affordability...
Dr. Veena Shekar

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Are you a creative person?
Creativity is an aesthetic concept, it is an idea that can be seen, heard and felt. In other words it involves seeing, hearing and feeling. Creativity is a spark of imagination...
Dr. Veena Shekar

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Ritual Artistic Expressions Scrolls, Patuas and tribal paintings
Creativity is an aesthetic concept, it is an idea that can be seen, heard and felt. In other words it involves seeing, hearing and feeling. Creativity is a spark of imagination...
Kamala Vasudevan

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Performance Tradition: Aesthetics and Practice
We bow to the noble (sattvika) Lord Shiva whose bodily movements and gestures (angik) are the entire universe, whose speech (vachika) is all the written words, and whose costume and make-up (aharya) are the moon and the stars...
Suresh Awasthi

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Bamboo, Reed and Fibres
North-Eastern region of India, comprises of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura, has the finest example of combined cane and bamboo work...
Jasleen Dhamija

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Bandhani, Tie and Dye Technique
Rajasthan has a number of tie & dye centers famous are the Jodhpur, Jaipur & Sikar. Sikar produces some finest bandhanis & produce a range of patterns, made for different communities in Rajasthan, Haryana & Punjab...
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Silk Weaves and Brocades
Kancheepuram, Tanjore and Kumbakonam, are important textile centers of Tamil Nadu. Sangarneddy & Dharmaswaram in Andhra Pradesh, Kolegal & Molkalmoru in Mysore are also famous silk-weaving centers...
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Hand-Printed, Dyed and Printed Fabrics
In Gujarat state, Mandvi, Dhamadka, Mundra, Anjar, Jamanagar & Surendernagar, Jaitpur, Ahmedabad, Vadodara & Deesa are important centers of printing...
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Indian Metal Work
Indian metal work - Water-vessels, lotas, large serving plates, thals, table-tops, large dowry boxes from Gujarat, & innumerable other forms are made by alternately heating & hammering the metal...
Jasleen Dhamija

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Pottery
Surahi, Kumbhar, Handi, Alwar Kagzi. Objects for domestic use have certain well-known centers: Kangra, Andreta in Himanchal Pradesh, Jhahhar in Haryana, Pokhran in Rajasthan, Meerut and Hapur in U.P., Khanpur in Maharashtra, Kutch in Gujrat, Birbhum in Bengal and Manipur for their distinctive styles of pottery...
Jasleen Dhamija

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Shawls and Woolen Weaves
Pashmina Shawl, Kani Shawl, Jamewars, Tooji, Amli, Dhussa, Jama, Jal, Dorukha, Aksi, Kalu Shawl...
Jasleen Dhamija

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TERRACOTTA
In Bihar, Bengal and Gujrat, there are a number of festivals in which women create clay figures to propitiate gods and goddesses. The Shyama Chak festival of Bihar is one of its kind. Even deepavali necessitates the making of clay figures of Goverdhan, almost all over India...
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Indian Textiles
The indian centers known for very finally woven cotton were in Bangal, Varanasi, Chenderi, Uppada, Mangalagiri and Venkatagiri of Andra Pradesh...
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Folk Embroideries
About Dharaniya, Dharkala, Chandarva, Chakals, Mochi Bharat, Ari Bharat, Pako Bharat, Phulkari, Bagh, Khaddar, Chamba Rumal, Kanthas, Gavanti, Kasuti, Lingam, Shankh from Kutch, Saurashtra, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal, Puri, Karnataka...
Jasleen Dhamija

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Temples of Kolar
Kolar has more than mere gold, rocky boulders, and frequent outbursts of anger and turbulence to offer
Dr. Tara Kashyap

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