Mandana is the wall ‘drawing’ as folk art, mainly done by women, for the following purposes in some states if India.
To initiate family events
To use worship-symbol
or deity-welcome on religious festivals with related motifs
To decorate and beautify walls
To mark beginning of an event auspiciously
To depict human values
In Rajasthan in interior villages women of the Meena community still draw mandana as decorations for special or festive occasions.
For mandana drawing, the ground is prepared with cow dung mixed with localclay and red ochre or geru. The line-drawing of symbols and motifs is done with lime or chalk powder paste. often, the brush is made of a piece of cotton or a tuft of hair tied to a thin sti
For decoration purposes, line drawing may show, birds, animals, flowers, plants, women at work, women dancing together, etc.
Mandana drawings can be seen in Rajasthan, Maharastra and Madhya Pradesh. Women of the Meena community of Hadoti area of Rajasthan decorate their mud dwellings with mandana drawings. In the neighboring country of Nepal, hill tribes do mandana but it is called mandala there.
However, special Mandala art is more of religious and spiritual art with centraliry of circular designs. Globally, almost every culture uses circular designs in their religious or spiritual practices making use of walls, floors and glass windows.
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