Indian Gift to BRICS Leaders
Indian Prime Minister gifted various Indian cultural items to his counterparts during the 2024 BRICS summit in Kazan (Russia) from 22nd-24th, October, 2024.
Details of Cultural Items
Sohrai Painting: A Timeless Folk Art Tradition
- It is an indigenous mural art form.
- The word ‘Sohrai’ comes from ‘soro’ – translating to ‘to drive with a stick’.
- This art form dates back to the Meso-chalcolithic period (9000-5000 BC).
- The Isko rock shelter excavated in Barkagaon, Hazaribagh area also has rock paintings that are exactly similar to the traditional Sohrai paintings.
- The very primitive form of Sohrai art was in the form of cave paintings.
- It is ....