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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Emblems of the spirits

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Yohure mask. African tribal art.

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The Yohure masks are considered emblems of the very dangerous spirits. These masks are worn predominantly on two occasions: the celebration and the funeral ceremony. The first purifies the village after a death and helps the deceased's soul on its way to a final resting place. Women may not participate in funeral ceremonies, neither may they look at the masks, for fear that this encounter with death might afect their fecundity. This means that before starting the village’s purification rituals related to a death, for prudence sake the women are gotten out of the way. With the aid of such masks, the people hope to influence supernatural powers, or spirits, that can do harm to humans, but that can also ensure their welfare.

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The moon

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The moon, Native American Symbols.

Port McNeill, Northern Vancouver Island.

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The moon is one of the Native American symbols and is often depicted in carvings.
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Land and ocean

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Aboriginal-art, Indij-N-Arts.

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The Indij-N-Arts artists are from the Bundjalun and Kamilaroi tribal areas of New Soouth Wales. Their art is influenced by their peoples connection to the land, ocean and rivers where they live.

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Life celebration

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The Tree of Life - Indian Tribal Art. Canvas of cloth, 9" x 7".

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The essence of tribal India lies in the integral relationship between man and nature, flora and fauna. The rhythm of human society is synchronous with the beat and movement of nature and all things natural. This pantheistic belief is the core philosophy on which Tribal India has thrived through ages.

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... while the branches of the tree are home to birds and monkeys, human beings are seen niched under its shade, rearing domestic animals. Happy birds are flying about. Following tradition, this painting uses double borders. The tree is edged with bold-lined designs and animals are used as a part of that design. At the base of the canvas, we get to see some shades of domestic life. Small clay huts, trees, women with baskets, men rearing cattle and hunting with bow and arrows – life and livelihood at their basics. The painting is crowned by a sequence of dance – men, animals and instrument are guilded together sounding the unequivocal music of life.

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Povoar sonhos

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Marc Chagall, Circo, 1957. Técnica mista.

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Ao lado do homem vou crescendo

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E defendo-me da morte povoando

De novos sonhos a vida

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Alexandre O'Neill, "Mesa dos sonhos", in No Reino da Dinamarca.

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Fala

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Fala

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Ouvir-te-ei

Ainda que os segredos

As amoras me chamem

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Diz-me

Que existirão lágrimas para chorar

Na velhice

Na solidão

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Daniel Faria, "Ausência", in Oxálida.

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