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Mundan Ceremony
The Mundan ceremony is a very popular tradition in Mithila. A child's hair is shaved for the first time, accompanied by bhoj (a party) and (sometimes extravagant) celebrations.
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Sarojanand Jha on
2/16/2010 11:53:00 PM
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Mithila Paintings: H. Daniel Smith Collection
The Mithila paintings derive from an ancient cultural region in northern Bihar where women’s paintings have been used to consecrate space for human habitation and ritual purposes for many generations. In this region, a sharp contrast is drawn between
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Sarojanand Jha on
12/8/2002 2:13:00 PM
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Festivals
Mithila celebrates its scores of religious festivals and fairs of great local fervor. Each festival is unique in style and is characterised by colour, gaiety, enthusiasm, feasts and heterogeneity of prayers and rituals. Traditional Indian festivals o
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Sarojanand Jha on
12/8/2002 1:56:00 PM
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The Age-old Tradition of Maithili Paintings
Artistic activity among all tribal cultures is an integral part of life. It has a well defined function socially, evolving from their interaction with nature and interpretation of its mysteries. It usually serves as a channel of communication with no
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Sarojanand Jha on
12/5/2002 9:59:00 PM
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Srinivasan on Madhubani
According to Kalidasa, the composition of painting formed an essential part of all pictorial representations. The Indian artist never abstracted the main subject of representation, from the environment of which it is a part.
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Neeraj Kashyap on
12/4/2002 1:29:00 PM
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