Chhattisgarh: Uncorking the folk talents from Populace cinema and staging

Abstract

An area residing in the dense forest, where hard working people exhibiting their energy in mines, factories and household, where tribal dominance perform art and craft derived from daily life, where nourishing observation of facts of people manifest woodcarving, bell metal craft, bamboo ware and tribal jewellery, where still in some tribal castes, happiness is celebrated on the birth of a girl child as she brings dowry at the time of wedding knot, where temples do not possess great architecture but instead very simple and unadorned where Gods and Goddesses (Danteshwari, Kudargarhi, Mahamaya, Chaturbhuj etc.) are worshipped as bestower of wishes and protector against evils and animoic form of folk arts of Gods and Goddesses are more popular. Most interesting facts, where custom ‘Ghutul’ imbibes live in relationship and swayambar custom representing mod- liberal lifestyle.