Tribals Collecting Honey - Gond Painting

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Apart from usual routine works like farming, animal husbandry and plucking flowers from Mahua tree, the tribal people also prefer indulging in the activity of collecting hone from a local tree. The task may be gruesome due to the buzzing honeybees but it is more of a good experience and thereby it lets them sell off the honey for a good price. Tribals collecting Honey - Gond Painting from GoRoots showcases the essence of honey being collected by tribal people.
 
This painting has a lot to say. Alongside the continuous efforts of the tribal men to gather honey from the comb, this painting also showcases the way in which mother bird is tending her newborns and the honeybees that refuse to budge from their comb. So, altogether, the painting is not static and you will find a turn of emotions in every corner.
 
This exemplary artwork has been further beautified by the use of startling colours to the likes of reds, blues and greens. It has been ornamented by the typical Gond patterns the dots and the lines that make the picture come alive in the most remarkable way. Own it for its subtle simplicity and sparkling colours that will splash your living room with liveliness.
 
About Gond Painting
 
While for some, Gond Painting is an art form, for others it is a way of living the village life with contentment and satisfaction in all that they have been bestowed with. Practiced by the Gond tribes of Madhya Pradesh, the Gond painting is one of the oldest forms of wall painting art. It was first found in the caves of Bhimbetka, Madhya Pradesh, one of the World Heritage Sites as declared by the UNESCO. Overtime, the clan widespread across several Indian states including Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.
 
The common themes of Gond painting may range from religious festivities, activities and hobbies to marriages and supernatural entities as well. However, the main idea of the Gond painting is to symbolize the deities of the tribes in the form of trees and animals.
 
Just like other types of tribal painting, Gond portraits too make use of naturally found colours. In order to provide a rustic touch to the paintings, non-synthetic materials such as wooden coal, Chui soil, geru, sem leaves, sap of the tinsak plants and red soil is used. Soil is the main ingredient and freely available in the localities of the artists.
 
Though the painting looks easy to draw and simple to further decorate with patterns, Gond Painting has its own limitations and cannot be practiced properly unless an expert executes it.