{"id":19053,"date":"2025-07-27T16:41:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T11:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19053"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:55:08","slug":"sohrai-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sohrai-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Sohrai Paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sohrai Paintings Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The indigenous mural tradition of Sohrai Art from Jharkhand took centre stage at the second edition of Kala Utsav 2025 \u2013 Artists in Residence Programme, held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sohrai Paintings<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>indigenous mural art form.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The word \u2018Sohrai\u2019 comes from soro \u2013 translating to \u2018to drive with a stick\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This art form dates back to the <\/span><b>Meso-chalcolithic period<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (9000-5000 BC).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Isko rock shelter excavated in Barkagaon, Hazaribagh area also has rock paintings that are exactly similar to the traditional Sohrai paintings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Sohrai Paintings<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sohrai paintings are distinctive for their vibrant colours, intricate patterns, and symbolic motifs;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a Sohrai festival held every year, marking the harvesting season and the arrival of winter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Themes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is usually based on natural elements of the universe, this includes forests, rivers, animals amongst others.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These ancient paintings are <\/span><b>made by tribal<\/b> <b>women<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the use of natural substances like charcoal, clay, or soil.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is practiced by indigenous communities, particularly in the States <\/span><b>of Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, and West Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the art of the women of the <\/span><b>Kurmi, Santal, Munda, Oraon, Agaria, Ghatwal tribes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This art form from <\/span><b>Hazaribagh in Jharkhand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has received the <\/span><b>GI tag for this art form.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2148875\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sohrai Paintings are an indigenous mural art form, distinctive for vibrant colours, intricate patterns &#038; symbolic motifs. 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