All those lovers of rare and dying art forms must rejoice! Join us on Facebook Live (Friday, January 19, 6:30 AM India time/ Jan 18, 8 PM US EST) to meet Sonali Chowdhary, our next "Human Star" under our "Day out with a Star" platform www.dayoutwithastar.com ! "LIKE our facebook page www.facebook.com/dayoutwith where the interview will be broadcasted.
Sonali and many other art lovers are on a mission to save Cherial painting from dying by promoting this art form through various media to ensure that the beautiful heritage continues.. Cherial painting is a beautiful folklore based art form which originated in the 17th century and is now practiced by only 15 decedents of the family. Best thing is the painting uses only natural dyes and colours extracted out of river stones, sandstones, charcoal, indigo etc. In this virtual meeting Sonali will go through the history of the art form and show you some of her sample creations. We will also discuss our upcoming online art class on Cherial painting.
Cheriyal scroll painting is one of the earliest forms of audio – visual entertainment in Telangana state. Hundreds of year ago, the story telling communities used to travel through the villages of Telangana, singing and narrating stories using the scroll as their visual aid. The scroll measures about 3 feet in width and can extend over 60 feet. The scrolls contain about 40 to 50 panels, each depicting a part of the story and would be displayed as the story unfolds.. Their work is mainly focused on community specific storyline. Cheriyal paintings are a unique pictorial presentation of the numerous tales from Hindu epics like Mahabharata and Ramayana and the various Indian Puranas. They acted as wonderful means of communication, particularly useful for illiterate people and conveyed significant moral virtues, motivating people to be virtuous.
Leave your questions for Sonali in the comments section and we will certainly take it up during the live webcast. The direct link to the broadcast is https://www.facebook.com/dayoutwith/videos/902042316620441/
Indian Environment Network brings together environment professionals from India working all over the world in 2000+ environment organizations. You are welcome to join it at www.paryavaran.com .
"Day out with a Star" http://www.dayoutwithastar.com is a humble initiative to give a platform to amazing innovators all over the world where their fans can directly book one-on-one time with their idols and get inspired. Contact us at ien@paryavaran.com to join the platform.