{"id":2368,"date":"2017-10-30T18:21:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T12:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotorbit.com\/?p=2368"},"modified":"2023-03-19T11:46:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T11:46:34","slug":"patachitra-a-unique-folk-art-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/2017\/10\/30\/patachitra-a-unique-folk-art-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Patachitra : A Unique Folk Art of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Patachitra : A Unique Folk Art of India <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Photographs and Article by : Tania Chatterjee (EFIAP, FFIP)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Patachitra<\/em>, the ethnic folk-art of India, is very colourful and it bears traditional and cultural component of country&#8217;s rich heritage. Traditionally these are religious paintings which cover themes and events mainly from Indian mythology. <em>Patachitra<\/em> painting also has a significant role in Indian history of folk-lore. \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2371 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the context of Bengal, traditional <em>Patachitra <\/em>means \u201cthose paintings, which are made by the <em>Patuas <\/em>by natural colours.\u201d In English it means \u2018Scorll Painting\u2019. <em>Patuas <\/em>not only made <em>Patachitra <\/em>paintings, but they also sing during the exhibition of those paintings. When they display their paintings to the audience they used to sing or recite, by which they told a story related to that painting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2372 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/3-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/3-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/3-768x1186.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/3-995x1536.jpg 995w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2373 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/4-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/4-768x562.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This type of song generally known as \u2018<em>Pater Gaan\u2019<\/em>, which are played without any modern musical instruments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2374 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/5.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/5-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/5-768x560.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For generations these <em>Patuas <\/em>have gone from village to village with their scroll paintings and singing stories in return for money or food. Originally they would have been painted on cloth and used to tell religious stories such as the medieval <em>mangal <\/em>poems. Nowadays they also use papers for painting and comment on different social and political issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2375 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/6-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Many of these <em>Patuas <\/em>come from the Midnapur district of West Bengal. Naya village of Pingla Panchayet Samiti of the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal is famous for <em>Patachirta <\/em>painting and popularly known as \u201c<em>Pater Gram<\/em>\u201d. At Pingla, the <em>Patuas<\/em> organise \u201cPatmaya\u201d festival each year in the month of November to promote this unique folk-art. During this time the village looks vibrant as the painters paint their huts with colourful <em>paintings<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2376 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/7.jpg 710w, https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/7-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2377 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/8.jpg 697w, https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/10\/8-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patachitra : A Unique Folk Art of India Photographs and Article by : Tania Chatterjee (EFIAP, FFIP) Patachitra, the ethnic folk-art of India, is very colourful and it bears traditional and cultural component of country&#8217;s rich heritage. Traditionally these are religious paintings which cover themes and events mainly from Indian mythology. Patachitra painting also has&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4244,"href":"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368\/revisions\/4244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fotorbit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}