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Warli Traditional Folk Art From India by K Prakash Pradeesh Raman

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Art represents an artist's relationship with life and everything that is part of it- religion, rituals livelihood, family, relationship, death... It is in this context alone that the true essence of Warli paintings can be appreciated. Warli painting take their name from the Warli tribe of Maharashtra. The Warlis have by tradition been cultivators and gatherers growing a single crop. Their lives are thus inextricably dependent on the vagaries of nature. Trees which play a crucial part in the Warli's livelihood are given careful attention in the paintings. "The Painted World of the Warlis" noted that his period was characterized by paintings drawn in white outline, triangular human and animal forms with geometric designs on the cave walls. Symbols in the painting represent the morphology of the Warlis universe. Most of them emphasize fertility and productivity in nature. The most significant of these is the goddess of Fertility painted prominently in the centre of the chowk. Besides marriage and harvest festivals, the Warli women decorate their huts on important occasions like birth and death.