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Patachitra on HIV/ AIDS Awareness
Swarna Chitrakar2006
Banglanatak
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Patachitra is an excellent story telling tool combining both visual story and narration through songs. Its unique characteristics have created opportunities for the artists to develop various scroll paintings on awareness generation for different social issues. This particular Patachitra is on HIV/ AIDS. It was created to raise awareness about the deadly virus .
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Details
- Title: Patachitra on HIV/ AIDS Awareness
- Creator: Swarna Chitrakar
- Date Created: 2006
- Location: Paschim Medinipur
- Subject Keywords: Crafts, Patachitra, Scroll Painting, Craftspersons, Artists, Bengal, Geographical Indication, Culture, Cultural Tourism
- Rights: Banglanatak.com
- Medium: Natural colour on paper
- About the craft: Patachitra of Bengal is a tradition of visual storytelling. Stories are painted on long scrolls by the painters known as Chitrakars who gradually unfurl them while singing the stories. Patachitra is known for its bold colours, lines and strokes. The songs are called Pater Gaan. One of the fascinating aspects of Patachitra is the use of natural colours derived from local sources like fruits and flowers. The Patuas paint and sing on various themes like mythological tales, historical and contemporary themes and social issues.
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