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 INFORMATION ABOUT WARLI ART

             Warli Painting is the folk painting of Maharashtra. The name ‘Warli’ is inspired by the largest tribe found in the northern outskirts of Maharashtra’s capital Mumbai. It is dated back to the 10th century AD. Relevant facts about the Warli painting are important in relation to the art and culture.

            The Warli Tribe is an indigenous tribe, found in Western India. Portions of mountainous as well as coastal regions of Maharashtra-Gujarat border are inhabited by the Warli/Varli tribes.

History of Warli Art

Warli art is often spelt as Varli art. Candidates should not get confused with different spellings. Warli/Varli or Warli paintings/Varli paintings are the same.

The term ‘Warli’ is derived from ‘Waral’ which means a small piece of tilled land. The Warli art is inspired by the tribes’ coexistence with nature and the forests. The exact origin of the Warli art paintings is debated but as it is considered to be one of the oldest paintings in India; it is reported to originate in 10t century AD or before.

Salient Features of Warli Paintings/Warli Art

The main features of the Warli art paintings are:

  1. It originated in Maharashtra.
  2. The warli paintings are related with the daily events that are common to the tribes.
  3. Most Warli art themes revolve around people dancing in spirals, and in open-ended circles.
  4. Originally, the paintings were done on walls but gradually warli art was drawn on various other objects like:
    • Bamboo
    • Cloth
    • Mud pots
    • Dried bottle gourd
  5. Earlier only two colours were used in the Varli paintings:
    1. Earth brown
    2. White by rice paste; but with time, the background colours of the Warli art also include — Henna, Indigo, Ochre, Black, Earthy mud, Brick red.
  6. Initially, only Warli women called Savasini used to do the Varli paintings, however, gradually it was shifted to men folks too and they also began Warli painting.
  7. No mythological stories are depicted in the Warli Art of Warli paintings.
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