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PaintingGI Tagged · 2021
Aipan
TownPithoragarh
StateUttarakhand
Craft typePainting
GI tag2021
About
A ritual folk art of the Kumaon region, finger-painted with white rice-paste on a base of ochre-red mud or cow dung wash, drawn on floors and walls before festivals, weddings, and religious ceremonies.
Did you know? Aipan patterns are geometric and symbolic rather than decorative: specific motifs are drawn for specific rituals, and the craft was traditionally passed down orally from mother to daughter, taught to women only.