The Warli tribe is among the largest tribes of Maharashtra region and lives on the outskirts of Mumbai, in the North Sahyadri region. The womenfolk of this tribe paint indigenous paintings and art known as Warli tribal wall paintings.
Warli painting is simple and linear, with maximum use of triangular shapes. They draw inspiration from everyday life for their themes. The most important aspect of the painting is that it does not depict mythological characters or images of deities, but social life.
The Warli art is based on the concept of Mother Nature and the elements of nature are often kept in focus. Since farming is the tribes main way of living, they have immense respect for nature and wildlife for the resources that they provide.
The Warli art has a special characteristic of representing the humble life of the Warli tribe. The trademark of Warli paintings is the use of geometric designs such as triangles, circles, squares, dots and crooked lines are used to depict human figures, animal figures, houses, crops etc.
Their extremely rudimentary wall paintings use a very basic graphic vocabulary: a circle, a triangle, and a square. The circle drawn from nature represents the sun and the moon while the triangle is derived from mountains and pointed trees.
The Warli exclusively use a white pigment made from a mixture of rice flour and water mixed with gum, which is then applied to the wall using a bamboo stick chewed at one end to make a supple paint brush.
These paintings are mainly done to represent a sense of togetherness. Warli Art revolves around the mother nature by giving more importance to nature and wildlife. Their art form symbolizes the balance of the universe.
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