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This Warli Painting portrays merry making villagers making the best of their lives. Simple geometric shapes in monochrome portray the entire gamut of tribal Indian society. Figures in bare minimum details are scattered around the canvas in a loose rhythmical pattern.
The image centers on a tribal drummer whose enthralling drumbeats created the universal rhythm of mankind. Both men and women are seen dancing, singing and drinking life to the lees. Mothers carrying weeping babies, fathers dragging families, artisans at their daily work, women peddling their humble wares, scraps of such ordinary details of rural India are included. Merged intrinsically with the social scenario is the natural world of birds and trees and animals. Together they make the tribal world complete
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