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TopicPatua artisans

Topic: Patua artisans

Travelling storytellers from Bengal – How Patua artisans preserve oral histories

The practice of carrying patas, or scroll-paintings, and performing patua across villages on auspicious occasions was widespread in eastern India, particularly in Midnapore, Murshidabad, Birbhum and Purulia districts of Bengal.

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