Presenting the essence of Indian culture, this year the 29th lokrang festival, will showcase many attractions including theme based exhibitions.
Apart from cultural concerts and activities, an exhibition ‘Sindhuja’ would also be organised in this five-day long lokrang carnival which would begin from January 26 at Ravindra Bhavan, Bhopal. This exhibition, Sindhuja is centered on multidimensional forms and usage of earthen pots in addition to display of sea shells and sea jewels in natural and artistic world of creativity. The exhibition would present multidimensional forms and traditional artistic world of earthen pots in Indian communities.
Decorating the earthen pots is still a living craft in our country. India has a wide and varied tradition of ornamenting earthen pots. Shapes and patterns vary from community to community and from province to province. There is also an interesting variety of richly decorated pots for important occasions like initiation ceremonies, weddings and for more occasions.
This exhibition aims to revive the usage of earthen pots and create space for earthen pots in our house once again. In Indian tradition, the unending expansion of water universe is being narrated in many forms. To create more attraction in the lokrang fest, various kinds of sea jewels would be displayed at another exhibition showcasing the sea shells.
The sea jewels, conch shells, pearls, sea shells and other natural art jewels found in sea are of various shapes and sizes. Conch shells are widely use on various occasions and religious celebrations. Besides having scientifically importance, these jewels also have Ayurvedic importance. This year in the lokrang carnival, with displaying the Sea Jewels, this aesthetic aspect of nature in miscellaneous forms will be presented in unique form. This exhibition of earthen pots and sea jewels will be organised from January 26 to January 30 at the Ravindra Bhavan premises.