There are
two traditions of wall painting-one for the kitchen and the other for the
ritual ceremonial places. Twice in a year the walls are replastered with a
mix of cow-dung and mud. They are then painted red with geru
(ochre) and motifs are drawn with fingers, using rice paste. The kitchen
walls have motifs of Nata, Chatu and Lakshmi Narayan.
The Nata patterns consists of cereal saplings in a row
enclosed by a rectangular framework done in dots. The motif symbolizes
prosperity for the family and unity among kith and kin. The design just
structure on raised platform. At the centre is a triangle with a dot. This
pattern bears stylistic similarity with the Buddhist architectural
structure Chaitya- the hall of meditation. Six months alter the
Chatu pattern is replaced by the Lakshmi Narayan Pattern. It
consists of two tactiform human figures inside a square framework of dots.
On the occasion of domestic ceremonies such as marriage, the
outer door-walls are decorated with alternating motifs of bells with conch
shells known as Mohhal. The motif symbolizes primal sound druing
cosmic evolution and carries implication Woman drawing colourful patterns
that all elemental sounds and forms are interdependent.
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