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- Values Of
Madhubani Painting -
Mithila is an historic seat
of Indian civilization where ancient ritual practice s
have survived for centuries. Maithili men have long been known as
priests and scholars. At the same time, women have long been specialists
on the floor- and wall-painting associated with a vast array of ritual
practices. Thus when performing the samskaras, the rites of passage or
initiation across the life cycle, Maithil Brahmin, Mahapatra, and
Kayastha women use their fingers dipped in pithar, rice paste, to draw
elaborate geometric and floral diagrams known as aripan, on mud- and
cowdung-plastered floors. Each of the several dozen rituals has its own
distinctive aripan. Placing a pot or plate on the aripan creates a
sacred, auspicious, and protected space for the particular ritual.
Marriages involve numerous ceremonies and rites over a several year
period, and are consummated on the fourth day of the second wedding in
an internal nuptial chamber, the khobar-ghar. This room is decorated
with wall paintings of protective gods and goddesses, as well as a
variety of symbols of fertility, fecundity, and prosperity. Wall
paintings are also traditional near the gosain-ghar, the shrine of the
family deity situated in a corner of kitchen. On the sacred day of
Durgashtami, the eighth day of the festival honoring the goddess Durga,
both walls flanking the kitchen door are richly painted with images of
Durga astride her lion. During marriages and festivals the outer walls
of houses of many different castes are also frequently embellished with
protective and decorative motifs as well as mythological figures and
scenes.
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