Description
Bhil are colourful paintings found on the walls of Indian tribal homes.
Bhil Art belongs to the second largest tribal community in India – the Bhil tribe. Their primeval art is rather distinct. Bhil paintings use large unlife-like figures and shapes painted in natural and earthy tones. In essence, their art portrays the life of the Bhil tribe and their natural environ. Then the painted figures are overlaid with various dotted patterns. These patterns give the Bhil paintings a uniqueness of their own. Moreover, the dotted patterns symbolise various rituals and beliefs of their tribe and have an individuality owing to their artists. (from 10 Indian Tribal Art Forms For Beginners – India Chalk)
This book takes children to the Bhil tribal heartland with a tale of cruelty, pride, divine intervention, remorse and much more.
‘Smiles vanished off the faces of Pithora and his people.
The drummers beat the drums but they made no sound.
The guitarist strummed his guitar but there was no tune.
The singer sang a song but the lips remained silent.’
Himali Harda, the Goddess of the forest, was very angry with Pithora, the dreadful hunter. She has captured the sound of Pithora and his people in a jar and banished it to a faraway cloud. Will Pithora be able to restore laughter to his tribe? Or will he and his people be forced to live in silence forever?
Pictures from: https://www.behance.net/gallery/3451193/A-Jar-of-Sound-Art-Tales-from-India
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