This article analyzes the theme of “kidnapping‟ in myth, folk lore and traditional storytelling among some adivasi communities in the Himalayas.
The article returns to the first book fully devoted to The Tribal Art of Middle India. Published in 1951, by the missionary turned ethnologist Verrier Elwin.
The books and papers written by Archer concern various fields of “tribal” or “folk art” from the sculptures of the Ahir, to the discovery of Madhubani paintings.
Khovar is a marriage mural art of the tribaland Scheduled castes communities of Hazaribagh, found throughout the plateau.
Khovar and Sohrai paintings are considered auspicious symbols related to fertility and prosperity being painted on the walls.
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