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The name ‘Sohrai’ is said to have derived from a paleolithic age word - ‘soro’, meaning ‘to drive with a stick’.
Sohrai is a five day festival of the Santhal, Munda, Prajapati, Khurmi and Oraon tribes in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and West Bengal. In some areas it is shortened to three. It is held at the start of the winter harvest season.
It is celebrated during Amavasya in Kartik (October — November) month as per the Hindu calendar. In some regions, it is celebrated in mid January. The festival is similar to Diwali. People clean and re-paint house. In night, they light earthen lamps in the cattle-sheds and offered sacrifice to deity of animals Pasupati. The festival is accompanied by variety of rituals, consumption of handia (rice beer) in copious quantities, dancing, singing and merry making.These paintings are age-old tribal traditional paintings based on nature themes like forest, people and animals.
Ritualistic art is done on mud walls to welcome the harvest and to celebrate the cattle. The women clean their houses and decorate their walls with murals of Sohrai arts. This art form has continued since 10,000–4,000 BC. This art form was prevalent mostly in caves but now has been primarily shifted to houses with mud walls. According to the Santhal mythology, Marang Buru (god of the mountains), Jaher ayo (goddess of the forest) and the elder sister of the Santhals, would descend on earth from heaven to pay a visit to their brothers and to commemorate this event. The harvest festival is celebrated at this time and women decorate their walls with murals of Sohrai arts. These paintings are believed to bring good luck. It’s from here that this art originated, adding to the culture and traditions of India.
The name ‘Sohrai’ is said to have derived from a paleolithic age word - ‘soro’, meaning ‘to drive with a stick’.
Sohrai is a five day festival of the Santhal, Munda, Prajapati, Khurmi and Oraon tribes in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and West Bengal. In some areas it is shortened to three. It is held at the start of the winter harvest season.
It is celebrated during Amavasya in Kartik (October — November) month as per the Hindu calendar. In some regions, it is celebrated in mid January. The festival is similar to Diwali. People clean and re-paint house. In night, they light earthen lamps in the cattle-sheds and offered sacrifice to deity of animals Pasupati. The festival is accompanied by variety of rituals, consumption of handia (rice beer) in copious quantities, dancing, singing and merry making.These paintings are age-old tribal traditional paintings based on nature themes like forest, people and animals.
Ritualistic art is done on mud walls to welcome the harvest and to celebrate the cattle. The women clean their houses and decorate their walls with murals of Sohrai arts. This art form has continued since 10,000–4,000 BC. This art form was prevalent mostly in caves but now has been primarily shifted to houses with mud walls. According to the Santhal mythology, Marang Buru (god of the mountains), Jaher ayo (goddess of the forest) and the elder sister of the Santhals, would descend on earth from heaven to pay a visit to their brothers and to commemorate this event. The harvest festival is celebrated at this time and women decorate their walls with murals of Sohrai arts. These paintings are believed to bring good luck. It’s from here that this art originated, adding to the culture and traditions of India.
