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Display of Shola Products at a Local Market
Artists from Dakshin Dinajpur2019
Banglanatak
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
The local markets or haats are places where the Shola artists sell their products, especially the ones used for local rituals and festivals. The local haats are adorned with colourful products just before the festival of Manasa Puja in the monsoon months, as worshipping of Manasa remains incomplete without the ritualistic Shola products such as Boa, Manasar Chali.
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- Title: Display of Shola Products at a Local Market
- Creator: Artists from Dakshin Dinajpur
- Date Created: 2019
- Location: Dakshin Dinajpur
- Subject Keywords: Crafts, Shola, Sholapith, Craftspersons, Artists, Bengal
- Rights: Banglanatak.com
- Medium: Painted sholapith
- About the craft: Shola craft is an age-old tradition of Bengal. It is the art of making delicate, intricate, decorative objects from the soft, supple, porous and light weight core of the shola stem. Shola is an annual aquatic herb which grows in the wild, in marshy, waterlogged areas and at the same time is water resistant. It is also referred to as the Indian cork. This unique craft is used for making a plethora of products ranging from decorative pieces to ritualistic items.
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