The Paintings Of Vow

Alpana, or the traditional art of paintings on floor was once upon a
time the most cultivated practice of rural Bengal during the period of
a vow used to take the housewife particularly in rural areas of
Bengal. Those were the tales of eternal rural women expressed through
paintings on floor of their houses. The alpanas of rural household
somehow depicted the simple wishes and prayer for fertility and
longings for wellness.
Here are some beautiful examples of paintings of vow used to cultivate
rural women. The paintings are of Subachani bratas, footsteps of
goddess Laxmi, paddy, lotus, creepy plants, flowers, owls, star,
trees, fishes, leaves are the subjects of alpana or painting the
floors activities.


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A. B.