Tribal Folklore to Aesthetic and Religious Painting: Transition of Oral Narratives to Visual Art.

Autor: Padhi SR; Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India. srustisilpi@gmail.com., Goswami MP; Department of Media and Communication, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of religion and health [J Relig Health] 2024 Apr; Vol. 63 (2), pp. 877-888. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 07.
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-020-01099-0
Abstrakt: Gond painting, an integral part of the Gond cultural identity of central India, has emerged as highly appreciated and recognised tribal art form worldwide in the recent times. These traditional paintings are believed to have started with the transformation of Gond oral folklores. The Pradhan Gond, a subgroup of the Gonds, who were traditionally assigned to sing songs of the glorification of the gods, goddesses and nature with a Bana, a traditional single-stringed musical instrument, was assumed to initiate the paintings of Gond folktales. They narrated the collective beliefs, values and legends of the Gond tribe on the origin, relationship and divine powers in the form of paintings. The traditions of performing the assigned responsibilities of Pradhan Gond were believed to have lost during the Mughal era and British rule. This research paper focuses on the study of the reflections of three popular Gond folk stories, i.e. Basin Kanya, Mahua tree and Bada Dev, in the contemporary Gond paintings of Madhya Pradesh. The paintings of Jangarh Singh Shyam and Durga Bai have been chosen for the study.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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