A peep in to the Madhubani Art!!!

Madhubani art or Mithilla art is an Indian folk art which is still practiced in the rural areas. It is not a contemporary art or a modern art that every one practices everywhere. Instead one can call it a regional art that is local still. Madhubani art usually covers those of epics and real life instances portrayed beautifully in art form.

One of the disappointing factors that several folk artists face is that they don’t get proper galleries to display their exhibits. Most of the galleries welcome modern art or contemporary art. Now a day’s folk artists are struggling to keep this art from dying. Hence several presentations on folk art have been conducted in schools, colleges, senior centers and libraries.

Madhubani art is usually done by filling the colors with brush. This process is carried out either by filling or hatching. Hatching refers to the use of line in the paintings. Many paintings use both filling as well as hatching.

Initially the Madhubani art form used natural colors like the colors from Coal or juices from flowers and plants. Several artists created huge paintings on walls and floors during the early days and people are still following the same to an extent. With modernization taking its shape, the paintings are being portrayed on canvases and cloth. One of the specialties’ about the paintings is that drawings are done on floors to mark an auspicious occasion.

Hence it is in our hands to preserve the Madhubani art from extinction.

There are several communities tries to bring new ideas for creating awareness about Indian Tribal Art, in that Vibrantribes community is one among them, wants to create awareness about Indian Tribal Art in the form of Tribal Design T Shirt and "Music Binds all" a short animation films for Kids which fuses two distinct Indian art forms Warli and Gond using music as a link or a theme.

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Welcome to Indian Folk Art

Indian Folk Art has seen sufficient transformations since its inception, which has been many centuries ago but has always been an integral part of the rich Indian heritage. They include paintings, which are an integral part of the tribal tradition and have often mirrored the lifestyle and traditions of the era.

The Indian folk art includes wall paintings, calendar paintings, oil classics, cave paintings, miniatures etc. The states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu were major centers for Indian folk art.