Rayagada: Odisha Lalit Kala Academy under Odia Language Literature and Culture department with support from Rayagada district administration has organised a five-day workshop on tribal art culture based on Saura Mural Painting (Idtal) recently. It was concluded today.
Began on 28 September, the workshop witnessed participation of more than 50 Saura artists to glorify their tribal art work in front of their own houses at Rejingtal village. It is believed that this painting tradition has been followed since the ancestral period by Lanjia Saura community who are the part of Odisha Tribal society.
The arts are done by the community to show respect and gratitude for their deities, forefathers and also for the well beings of their village. These Saura paintings flaunt the images of village agriculture, haunting, harvesting, hills and mountains, tribal life-style, their marriage and dance, worshipping of their Deities made up of Mud, different birds, animals and insects.
On the closing ceremony on Monday, Odisha Lalit Kala Academy felicitated all artists to encourage their artistic talent.
