WARLI- "Know the wonderful world of Warli art"

  WARLI:(Maharashtra)

       Warli is a traditionally a tribal art form that was created by the people from the tribal people of North Sahyadri range, in Maharashtra. The term Warli known as small piece of land that has been tilled, these pictures are all about their own daily village lifestyle activities and they do as paintings. We could see the general life in the villages, nature, wildlife.

How is Warli art done?

    It is an interesting and easy art - with a basic set of geometric shapes like circles, triangles and squares, entire scenario is created. Each represent different natural element, while the circle represents the sun and the moon, The triangles are meant to show mountains and conical tree, the square created by human hands. People would be drawn using two triangles-the top triangle will be inverted showing the upper part and the lower triangle showing the pelvis. If the top triangle is larger, it was meant to show a man and if the lower triangle is larger, it is woman. The painting could be religious, related to festival such as weddings.

Material used to create Warli paintings

    White paint from rice flour, water and gum. A bamboo stick would be chewed off to create bristles of a brush, with these ingredients, stories would be brought to life on the walls.

Different types of Warli paintings:

. Marriage Warli

. Dancing Warli

. Kanna (drawn on floor representing their virginity)

. Murthi (imprint on the walls on the day of harvesting)

                             Wall art interior of their house

some handicraft works are also done in glass jars, jewelry, plate designs, fabric clothes. 

                                           Glass Jar work