Life and love

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Marriage celebrations. India tribal art, 9" x 7".

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This folk painting depicts the essential joy and happiness associated with the ceremony of Indian tribal marriages. The frenzied charm of nuptial celebrations spread in music and dance and enmesh the whole society. At the bottom-right corner, we can see a palanquin (a closed litter carried by four bearers, traditionally associated with marriages) indicating the passage of the bride from her maternal home to her husband’s place. Festivities abound in music, drums and euphoric dance. Even the animals are a part of this marriage celebration. Complementing dance and music, is the lure of feast. There comes the neighborhood peddler with all his delicacies. The amorous gaze of the animals standing in front is indicative of the love and passion involved in the act of marriage.

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