ଡୋକରା
Appearance
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ଡୋକରା ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ଏକ ପୁରାତନ ଲୋକ କଳା । ଏହା ପାଖାପାଖି ରାଜ୍ୟ ଯଥା ଛତିଶଗଡ଼, ବିହାର ଓ ବଙ୍ଗଳାରେ ମଧ୍ୟ କରାଯାଇଥାଏ । ଏଥିରେ ମାଟିର ଏକ ଛାଞ୍ଚ ତିଆରି କରାଯାଇଯାଇ ତାହାକୁ ମହୁମାଛି ତିଆରି ମହମରେ ଭରି ଦିଆଯାଇଥାଏ । ପରେ ଗରମ ତରଳ ପିତ୍ତଳକୁ ଏହି ଛାଞ୍ଚରେ ଢାଳି ଦିଆଯାଏ ଯାହା ସେଥିରେ ଥିବା ମହମକୁ ତରଳାଇଦେଇ ଛାଞ୍ଚ ଭିତରେ ଲାଗିଯାଏ । ପରେ ଏହି ମାଟିକୁ ଧୋଇ ମହମକୁ ସଫା କରି ଘଷି ଡୋକରା କଳାକୃତି ସବୁକୁ ବାହାରକୁ ଅଣାଯାଇଥାଏ । ଏହା ଡମର ଆଦିବାସୀମାନଙ୍କ ଲୋକକଳା । ଏଯାବତ ମିଳିଥିବା ଡୋକରା କଳାକୃତି ଭିତରୁ ମହେଞ୍ଜଦାରୋରର ନାଚୁଥିବା ଏକ ଝିଅର ମୂର୍ତ୍ତୀ ସବୁଠୁ ପୁରୁଣା । ଏହା ପାଖାପାଖି ୪୦୦୦ ବର୍ଷ ତଳର ଏକ ଲୋକକଳା । [୧] [୨] [୩] [୪] [୫] [୬]
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ଆଧାର
[ସମ୍ପାଦନା]- ↑ Brass & Bell Metal Archived 2011-11-22 at the Wayback Machine.. Dhokra casting
- Dhokra casting, a variety of metal casting is essentially a folk craft and is limited to a few pockets of Orissa, that is Kuliana in Mayurbhanj district, Kaimatin Keonjhar district, Sadeiberni in Dhenkanal district and Haradagaria in Puri district being practiced by an aboriginal caste called sithulias. While the lost wax process is followed the raw materials used is not pure brass but contains miscellaneous scraps of other metals which give it is typically antique look. Its motifs are mostly drawn from flok culture. While among the animals, the elephant is most popular, the other motifs include human heads, kings, manas or miniature replica of measures, containers with lids, with or without locking devices, images of deities like Ganesh and Durga, and lamps and lampstands, the last being made in several intricate designs in shape of trees and branches with as many as a hundred lamps in one stand. Of late some utilitarian articles like candlestands, ash trays and penstands are also being made keeping the essential folk design intact.
- ↑ Tribal crafts
- ↑ Dhokra
- ↑ Bussabarger, Robert F., and Betty Robins. The Everyday Art of India. New York: Dover Publishing, 1968.
- ↑ Reeves, Ruth. Cire Perdue Casting in India. 1962, Crafts Museum. New Delhi.
- ↑ Krishnan, M. V. Cire Perdue Casting in India, 1st ed. 1976, Kanak Publications. New Delhi