Caption

Khovar art (Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, India) . The Sohraï and Khovar art are art forms practised by the rural low caste and tribal women in the Hazaribagh district. Every october-november, they paint their house mud walls to welcome the harvest and celebrate the cattle. These paintings depict animals and plants of the surroundings in a simple way

Date

Feb 15, 2019

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Franck Metois

Reference

BRK26I51_462

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

33.9Mb (11.3Mb) / 13.9in x 9.4in / 4178 x 2832 (300dpi)

Keywords

wall house building paint painting art agriculture livestock farming woman ethnic group plant productive livestock animal India Asia tradition Indian Asian typical traditional agricultural female greet shape harvest simple celebrate tribe ethnology person livestock native low ethnologic ethnic animal husbandry caste greeting Clay wall Breed of livestock travel photography animal breed Art form District tribal women caste system these home structure drawing farming stock farming farm animal custom Asiatic characteristic agrarian salutes form plain welcome tribal Human being cattle indigenous ethnological ethnical livestock breed tribal ladies construction People local ethnicity walls houses buildings paintings arts women ethnic groups plants animals traditions agriculturally females shapes harvesting celebrating tribes ethnologies persons natives animal husbandries castes greetings Clay walls Breeds of livestock animal breeds Districts homes drawings farm animals customs forms welcoming human constructions locals paints women's woman's womans girl traditionally greets harvests celebrates individual individuals welcomes humans