Hiee!! Had been a bit occupied as i had to run a marathon the last few days completing dues at college and due to project submissions. Glad to be back and share a bit more about Warli :)
The extremely simple Warli paintings use very basic graphic forms: a circle, a triangle and a square. The circle and triangle come from their observation of nature; the circle representing the sun or the moon, the triangle derived from mountains and pointed trees. The square seems to obey a different logic and appears to be a human invention, indicating a sacred enclosure or a piece of land. The central motif in each ritual painting is the square, the chowk(or chowkat); inside it, one finds a sacred figure.
The central motif in these ritual paintings is surrounded by scenes portraying hunting, fishing and farming, festivals and dances, trees and animals.
The extremely simple Warli paintings use very basic graphic forms: a circle, a triangle and a square. The circle and triangle come from their observation of nature; the circle representing the sun or the moon, the triangle derived from mountains and pointed trees. The square seems to obey a different logic and appears to be a human invention, indicating a sacred enclosure or a piece of land. The central motif in each ritual painting is the square, the chowk(or chowkat); inside it, one finds a sacred figure.
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| The sacred chowk in Warli |
