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‎Warli beliefs and art

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 However, the influence of the CPI slowly waded. Government as well as non-governmental agencies then came in to help the Warli community. Organizations like the [[w:Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram|Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram]] have done some fantastic work in the tribal Warli community over the past few decades in the areas of education and healthcare.
-The Warli tribe rose to prominence on a national and an international scale, though, only in the 1970s. The [[w:Government of India|Government of India]] had sent some officials over to document Warli art. The officials were amazed by the drawings of one [[w:Jivya Soma Mashe|Jivya Soma Mashe]], who was very prodigal in drawing Warli drawings. While traditional Warli art was being drawn only for ceremonial occasions, [[w:Jivya Soma Mashe|Jivya Soma Mashe]], who loved drawing and showed an immense understanding of the Warli culture, had started doing that on an every day basis. His art was slowly brought to national and international recognition through the efforts of various agencies, NGOs and businesses.
+The Warli tribe rose to prominence on a national and an international scale, though, only in the 1970s. The [[w:Government of India|Government of India]] had sent some officials over to document Warli art. The officials were amazed by the drawings of one [[w:Jivya Soma Mashe|Jivya Soma Mashe]], who was very prodigal in drawing Warli drawings. While traditional Warli art was being drawn only for ceremonial occasions, [[w:Jivya Soma Mashe|Jivya Soma Mashe]], who loved drawing and showed an immense understanding of the Warli culture, had started doing that on an every day basis. His art was slowly brought to national and international recognition through the efforts of various agencies, NGOs and businesses. [[w:Jivya Soma Mashe|Jivya Soma Mashe]] won the [[w:Padmashree|Padmashree]] from the Government of India in 2010 in recognition for his contribution towards the arts of [[India]].
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-The '''Warli'''s   or ''Varli''s are an [[w:indigenous people|indigenous ]] [[w:tribe|tribe]] or [[w:Adivasi|Adivasi]]s, living in the mountainous and  coastal areas of [[Maharashtra]]-[[Gujarat]] border and surrounding areas.They have their own [[w:animistic|animistic]] beliefs, customs and traditions, however, as a result of [[w:acculturation|acculturation]] they have also adopted many [[w:Hindu belief|Hindu belief]]s. The Warlis speak an unwritten Varli language which belongs to the southern zone of the [[w:Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan languages]].<ref name=lang>{{cite book|last=Kumar Suresh Singh, Rajendra Behari Lal, Anthropological Survey of India|title=Gujarat, Part 3|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|location=1597 pages (see page:1431-1438)|isbn=81-7991-106-3, 9788179911068}}</ref><ref>[[w:Warli|Wikipedia article on Warlis]]</ref>
+The '''Warli'''s   or ''Varli''s are an [[w:indigenous people|indigenous ]] [[w:tribe|tribe]] or [[w:Adivasi|Adivasi]]s, living in the mountainous and  coastal areas of [[Maharashtra]]-[[Gujarat]] border and surrounding areas.They have their own [[w:animistic|animistic]] beliefs, customs and traditions, however, as a result of [[w:acculturation|acculturation]] they have also adopted many [[w:Hindu belief|Hindu belief]]s. The Warlis speak an unwritten Varli language which belongs to the southern zone of the [[w:Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan languages]]<ref name=lang>{{cite book|last=Kumar Suresh Singh, Rajendra Behari Lal, Anthropological Survey of India|title=Gujarat, Part 3|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|location=1597 pages (see page:1431-1438)|isbn=81-7991-106-3, 9788179911068}}</ref><ref>[[w:Warli|Wikipedia article on Warlis]]</ref>. The Warli people are famous for their beautiful and unique style of painting which reflects the close association between human communities and nature.
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 The Warli art stems from their [[w:animism|animistic belief system]] shaped by their centuries old subsistence on forest land. The Warlis did not have a written word until recent times and their art was a way to transmit their belief systems from one generation to the next. Their drawings revolve around the traditions of their communities, the tools they use and their association with nature. Themes include community dances, the harvest as well as "fields swaying with healthy crops, birds flying in the sky, group dancing around a person playing the music, dancing peacocks,  women cooking or busy in their other house chores and children playing." <ref>[http://www.beacy.wa.edu.au/art/tribal/warli.html The Warli from Maharashtra]</ref>
 The following section from Wikipedia talks about the intricacies of the Warli form of art<ref>[[w:Warli|Warli painting article on Wikipedia]] ''Accessed: September 29, 2012''</ref>.
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-''In her book The Painted World of the Warlis Yashodhara Dalmia claimed that the Warlis carry on a tradition stretching back to 2500 or 3000 BCE. Their mural paintings are similar to those done between 500 and 10,000 BCE in the Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, in [[Madhya Pradesh]].''
+''In her book The Painted World of the Warlis Yashodhara Dalmia claimed that the Warlis carry on a tradition stretching back to 2500 or 3000 BCE. Their mural paintings are similar to those done between 500 and 10,000 BCE in the Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, in [[Madhya Pradesh]].''<br><br>
-''Their extremely rudimentary wall paintings use a very basic graphic vocabulary: a circle, a triangle and a square.Their paintings were monosyllabic. The circle and triangle come from their observation of nature, the circle representing the [[w:sun|sun]] and the moon, the triangle derived from mountains and pointed trees. Only the square seems to obey a different logic and seems to be a human invention, indicating a sacred enclosure or a piece of land. So the central motive in each ritual painting is the square, known as the "chauk" or "chaukat", mostly of two types: Devchauk and Lagnachauk. Inside a Devchauk, we find Palaghata, the mother goddess, symbolizing fertility. Significantly, male gods are unusual among the Warli and are frequently related to spirits which have taken human shape.''
+''Their extremely rudimentary wall paintings use a very basic graphic vocabulary: a circle, a triangle and a square.Their paintings were monosyllabic. The circle and triangle come from their observation of nature, the circle representing the [[w:sun|sun]] and the moon, the triangle derived from mountains and pointed trees. Only the square seems to obey a different logic and seems to be a human invention, indicating a sacred enclosure or a piece of land. So the central motive in each ritual painting is the square, known as the "chauk" or "chaukat", mostly of two types: Devchauk and Lagnachauk. Inside a Devchauk, we find Palaghata, the mother goddess, symbolizing fertility. Significantly, male gods are unusual among the Warli and are frequently related to spirits which have taken human shape.''<br><br>
-''The central motif in these ritual paintings is surrounded by scenes portraying hunting, fishing and farming, festivals and dances, trees and animals. Human and animal bodies are represented by two triangles joined at the tip; the upper triangle depicts the trunk and the lower triangle the pelvis. Their precarious equilibrium symbolizes the balance of the universe, and of the couple, and has the practical and amusing advantage of animating the bodies.''
+''The central motif in these ritual paintings is surrounded by scenes portraying hunting, fishing and farming, festivals and dances, trees and animals. Human and animal bodies are represented by two triangles joined at the tip; the upper triangle depicts the trunk and the lower triangle the pelvis. Their precarious equilibrium symbolizes the balance of the universe, and of the couple, and has the practical and amusing advantage of animating the bodies.''<br><br>
 ''The pared down pictorial language is matched by a rudimentary technique. The ritual paintings are usually done inside the huts. The walls are made of a mixture of branches, earth and cow dung, making a red ochre background for the wall paintings. The Warli use only white for their paintings. Their white pigment is a mixture of rice paste and water with gum as a binding. They use a bamboo stick chewed at the end to make it as supple as a paintbrush. The wall paintings are done only for special occasions such as weddings or harvests. The lack of regular artistic activity explains the very crude style of their paintings, which were the preserve of the womenfolk until the late 1970s ''

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 harvest these khawti advances are their only  source of maintenance  [Symington 1939: 8].''
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-[[File:A Warli painting by Jivya Soma Mashe, Thane district.jpg|thumb|left|300px|A Warli painting by [[w:Jivya Soma Mashe|Jivya Soma Mashe]]]]
+[[File:A Warli painting by Jivya Soma Mashe, Thane district.jpg|thumb|right|400px|A Warli painting by [[w:Jivya Soma Mashe|Jivya Soma Mashe]]]]
 After the British left in 1947, the remnants of the Warli culture continued its existence in the forests and villages in Thane district. They were soon contacted by the [[w:Communist Party of India|Communist Party of India]], which tried to mobilize the community into a revolt against the government, which the CPI painted as an outsider and an exploiter.
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 The Warli art stems from their [[w:animism|animistic belief system]] shaped by their centuries old subsistence on forest land. The Warlis did not have a written word until recent times and their art was a way to transmit their belief systems from one generation to the next. Their drawings revolve around the traditions of their communities, the tools they use and their association with nature. Themes include community dances, the harvest as well as "fields swaying with healthy crops, birds flying in the sky, group dancing around a person playing the music, dancing peacocks,  women cooking or busy in their other house chores and children playing." <ref>[http://www.beacy.wa.edu.au/art/tribal/warli.html The Warli from Maharashtra]</ref>

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 [Hove, cited in  Gazetteer 1882:510].''
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 In 1815, the collector of [[w:Salsette|Salsette]] was proposing the following, without regard to how the tribals would feel about abandoning their centuries old practices and getting accustomed to the colonial rule:
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 The Warli art stems from their [[w:animism|animistic belief system]] shaped by their centuries old subsistence on forest land. The Warlis did not have a written word until recent times and their art was a way to transmit their belief systems from one generation to the next. Their drawings revolve around the traditions of their communities, the tools they use and their association with nature. Themes include community dances, the harvest as well as "fields swaying with healthy crops, birds flying in the sky, group dancing around a person playing the music, dancing peacocks,  women cooking or busy in their other house chores and children playing." <ref>[http://www.beacy.wa.edu.au/art/tribal/warli.html The Warli from Maharashtra]</ref>

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 '''''Parts of this article have been adapted from [[w:Warli|Wikipedia]]'''''<br>
 The '''Warli'''s   or ''Varli''s are an [[w:indigenous people|indigenous ]] [[w:tribe|tribe]] or [[w:Adivasi|Adivasi]]s, living in the mountainous and  coastal areas of [[Maharashtra]]-[[Gujarat]] border and surrounding areas.They have their own [[w:animistic|animistic]] beliefs, customs and traditions, however, as a result of [[w:acculturation|acculturation]] they have also adopted many [[w:Hindu belief|Hindu belief]]s. The Warlis speak an unwritten Varli language which belongs to the southern zone of the [[w:Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan languages]].<ref name=lang>{{cite book|last=Kumar Suresh Singh, Rajendra Behari Lal, Anthropological Survey of India|title=Gujarat, Part 3|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|location=1597 pages (see page:1431-1438)|isbn=81-7991-106-3, 9788179911068}}</ref>
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