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Fish Marriage scroll
2012
Banglanatak
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
The Patachitra tells about the wedding of the fish. All the fish have been invited to the marriage of the Dariya fish. In between the merry-making and feasting, the fish don’t realise that danger is looming large. the Boal fish, known as a monster fish, pops up and swallows everybody, because he was not invited.
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Details
- Title: Fish Marriage scroll
- Date Created: 2012
- Location: Pingla, Paschim Medinipur
- Rights: banglanatak.com
- About the craft: Patachitra is a unique folk tradition of visual storytelling accompanied by songs. In Patachitra, stories are painted as frames on long scrolls and the Patuas gradually unfurl them while presenting the story through their songs.
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