• Chandan Pandurang Dekate

Abstract Our country, India, is a country of diverse cultures and tribes. Folk and tribal arts are spread from Jammu-Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from east to west. Culture is similar in every region, state, city and village. Still, it is presented in different ways through its costumes, art, music, food, and religious rituals; their artefacts make them unique. Warli, Kalamkari, Pichwai, Gond, Madhubani, Pithora painting, Phad, Chittar, Thanjavur, Thangak, Patachitra, Kangra, Batik and Yamunaghat etc. are prevalent in the folk arts of India. All the artefacts have different local specialities. Let's look at the prevalent North Indian folk and tribal art in detail. It is mainly Madhubani or Mithila painting in Bihar, Phad painting of Rajasthan, Gond painting made by Gonds in Madhya Pradesh, Dokra metal casting of Bastar of Chhattisgarh, Odisha. Pattachitra is popular, and the Warli painting is especially famous in the Thane district of Maharashtra. One similarity in these folk arts is linear drawing, which looks simple but challenging. Many artefacts feature human figures and describe their religious teachers, priests and deities in detail.

Keywords: Folk Art, Indian Culture, Tribal Art, Civilization

"'North Indian Folk and Tribal Art'", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 7, page no.h854-h862, July-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2407797.pdf

"'North Indian Folk and Tribal Art'", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 7, page no. pph854-h862, July-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2407797.pdf