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Women Artists of Bengal: Alpona
Embedded within the cultural tapestry of Bengal is the revered and adored tradition of Broto Alpona, ‘Broto’ meaning the rituals practiced socially as a means of prayer or a wish to the divine and ‘Alpona’ is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Alimpana’ which translates to ‘plastering’ or ‘coating’. Mostly done by the women of the house, the smear of white on the red floors was like painted prayers.
Ganesh Haloi’s Cholte Cholte: The thought behind Akar Prakar’s outreach programme
“Somewhere in the late 1940s, the artist, sat by the banks of Brahmaputra”…as the walkthrough continued, cholte cholte we stumbled across a series of rhythmic lines. Birla Academy of Art and Culture with Kiran Nadar Museum of Art with Akar Prakar as the outreach partners hosted “Ganesh Haloi Re-citations: Rhymes about Land, Water and Sky; Six Decades of Painting”.