Indigenous art , rural arts or tribal art in India , belongs to villages and self-sufficient communities living in the forests. These peoples follow the rhythm of nature and its seasonal cycle. This art is dedicated to the memory of tradition and is an expression of their spirituality. Throughout history, artists give life, through their works, to animals, trees, stones and water to speak of fertility and the mysteries of life in a conceptual and religious sense.

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The Warlis express their beliefs through ritual paintings, once done only by women, twice a year, at the rice harvest or at weddings. The paint used was created from rice and is painted on ocher, red or black backgrounds. Today, for contemporary works, the visual remains the same, but the rice-based paint has been replaced by gouache on canvas.

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Gond Painting is a generic name given to colorful paintings of nature, trees, tigers, deer, peacocks, birds, snakes, and deities. These wonderful paintings from Madhya Pradesh are very well known in the arts and crafts market in India. However, this school of painting, as we know today, did not exist in its present form, fifty years ago.

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Bastar's sculptures are traditionally made in lost wax, Dhokra , which is a casting of non-ferrous metal. Lost wax casting has traditionally been used in India for over 4000 years.

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For fifty years the painting styles of Madhubani or Mithila merged from different schools. Men began to paint, learning from older women master artists. While the themes remain the same, steeped in centuries of Hinduism, the styles intersect and have now created a new symbolic language. Today these paintings are created on classic supports unlike the murals of yesteryear.