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Art of the Warli Tribe of Western India

Where do the Warli live?. Important Facts. For centuries, Warli painted on walls of homes. Background is clay or dung over branches.Paint is made from ground rice; brush is a chewed bamboo stick.Pictures are changed with the seasons, an important family event such as a wedding, or a festival..

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Art of the Warli Tribe of Western India

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    1. Art of the Warli Tribe of Western India by Dee Camp-White Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar Participant July/August 2010

    2. Where do the Warli live?

    3. Important Facts For centuries, Warli painted on walls of homes. Background is clay or dung over branches. Paint is made from ground rice; brush is a chewed bamboo stick. Pictures are changed with the seasons, an important family event such as a wedding, or a festival.

    4. Usually the women in the family did the painting. Now men are learning the style.

    5. Design Features Only a triangle, circle, and a square are used. The circle represents the circle of life. The square is an important enclosed space such as a home.

    6. More Basic Design A straight line is made with dots or dashes. People are made with two triangles, one for the upper body and one for the lower body.

    7. Subjects of a Painting Village life: chores, children playing, taking care of animals, cooking, planting, harvesting Holidays or festivals: celebrations honoring or thanking a god Family events: births, weddings

    8. Examples of Warli Paintings

    10. Working on a Farm

    11. People of the Warli tribe are now painting on paper and canvas

    12. Coca-Cola used Warli designs for the Dewali Festival in November 2010!

    13. Painting in the Warli style

    14. Examples of Vaishalis Art

    19. Trisha is learning to draw from her Mom

    20. In Conclusion The Warli people share their stories and their art with their children. In this way their culture can be preserved for the next generation. We will talk about: What are some of your families stories? What special skills do your family members have? What has an older family member taught you, or what would you like to learn?

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