Caption

Portrait of a hindu woman. Khovar art in the background. Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, India. The Khovar (and Sohraï) art are art forms practised by the rural low caste and tribal women in the Hazaribagh district. Every october-november, they paint their house mud walls to welcome the harvest and celebrate the cattle. These paintings depict animals and plants of the surroundiings in a simple way

Date

Feb 16, 2019

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Franck Metois

Reference

BRK25B05_471

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34,5Mb (1,5Mb) / 14,2in x 9,4in / 4256 x 2832 (300dpi)

Keywords

wall walls house houses home homes building buildings structure construction constructions paint painting paints painting drawing paintings drawings art arts faith belief Hinduism Hinduism religion religions agriculture farming agriculture livestock farming stock farming livestock farming looking at camera direct look facing camera looking into the camera looking at the camera looks in the camera looks into the camera looks at the camera looking into camera in to the camera woman women women's woman's womans ethnic group ethnic groups plant plants portrait portraits portrait photo portrait photos Portrait shot productive livestock productive livestock farm animal farm animals animal animals India Asia depiction depictions depicting representation representing Indian religious Hinduist agricultural agrarian farming agriculturally female females greet greeting greets salutes shape shapes form forms harvest harvesting harvests harvest simple plain greet greeting greets welcome welcoming welcomes celebrate celebrating celebrates tribe tribes tribal Hindu Hindus ethnology ethnologies person persons Human being People human humans individual individuals livestock livestock cattle low ethnologic ethnological cropped Partial View cropped ethnic ethnical ethnicity two people 2 people two persons animal husbandry animal husbandries caste castes greeting greetings paint painting paints head shot head shots head portrait head portraits Clay wall Clay walls Breed of livestock Breeds of livestock livestock breed animal breed animal breeds Art form District Districts tribal women tribal ladies caste system these