Gormati Art
Relevance: Prelims: Art and culture
Why in news?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a story of Vijaya Pawar, a woman entrepreneur in his social handles.
Key data’s:
- Total women: Through this occasion, a total of 7 women were get a chance to expose their inspiring successful story
- Shared on: PM Modi shared the success story of Vijaya Pawar on the occasion of International women’s day (March 8).
- Video telecast: PM Modi shared about her inspiring journey through a video presentation – about how she working in the Banjara handicraft field for the last two decades and how she became a dedicated leader and entrepreneur.
- Use: With this step, it will be useful in promoting Gormati art and also provided with financial assistance.
About Vijaya Pawar:
- She belongs to Banjara community who were in the Maharashtra’s Beed district.
- Vijaya narrated her story and familiarise the world with Gormati art.
- Also she showcased how she encouraged thousands of women artisans working with 90 self-help groups (SHGs) under her guidance.
Important facts
Banjara community:
- Other names: They are a Nomadic Tribe also known as Laman, Lambadi, and Banjari.
- Habitat: They have a origin in the Marwar region of Rajasthan and distributed across the south Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
- Language: They traditionally speak Lambadi / Gor Boli langauge.
- Banjara art: This includes performance arts such as dance and music as well as folk and plastic arts such as rangoli, textile embroidery, tattooing and painting.
- Festivals: The name of their festival is Teej during the month of August – a festival where the unmarried Banjara girls pray for a good groom.
- Traditional dance: The traditional dance forms of the Banjaras – Fire dance and Chari dance.
- Religion: This community believes in Hinduism.
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incompetent blog. you did not even tell what actually it is , a painting , music , embroidery art , dance , puppetry , sculptor art or something else. I would suggest you to wind up your useless blogs which are nothing but impotent and sterile pieces of information w.r.t. needs of civil services.