Warli Painting

Warli Painting by Veronica:
The Warli Painting tradition is a folk style of painting from India thought to date back as early as 10th century A.D. Basic geometric shapes: a circle, a triangle, and a square shapes are used to symbolize different elements of nature. The circle represents the sun and the moon, while the triangle depicts mountains and conical trees. In contrast, the square renders to be a human invention, indicating a sacred enclosure or a piece of land. The central motif in each ritual painting is the square, known as the “chauk”.
The central motif in the ritual painting is surrounded by scenes portraying hunting, fishing, and farming, and trees and animals. Festivals and dances are common scenes depicted in the ritual paintings. People and animals are represented by two inverse triangles joined at their tips
(source: wikipedia)