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Patachitra Village Festival
Purna Chitrakar2018
Banglanatak
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
At Patachitra village in Naya in Pingla an annual village festival is organized every year called POT Maya. This is a scene from the festival where the artists are selling diversified products hand-painted with Patachitra. The traditional painted scrolls are 8 to 50 feet long depicting different folk and mythological stories.
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- Title: Patachitra Village Festival
- Creator: Purna Chitrakar
- Date Created: 2018
- Location: Paschim Medinipur
- Subject Keywords: Crafts, Patachitra, Scroll Painting, Craftspersons, Artists, Bengal, Geographical Indication, Culture, Cultural Tourism, Festival
- Rights: Banglanatak.com
- 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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