Meenakshi Dubey-Pathak PrEsENT-DAy use of rock art sites for ceremonies by local traditional populations has become very rare. We have been fortunate to learn about such ongoing practices in the Pachmaṛhī and other areas in central India. Pachmaṛhī is a small town of 15,000 inhabitants, 211 km south of Bhopal. It is situated on a
B.B. Lal Way back in the third millennium BCE, there were four major civilizations on the Afro-Asian continents: the Egyptian civilization on the banks of the Nile, the Mesopotamian civilization in the Euphrates Valley, the Chinese civilization on the Yellow River and the Indian civilization on the Indus, running up to the Sarasvatī. All these
Perspectives of Cognitive Development and Perception of Reality of Our Stone Age Ancestors -Giriraj Kumar Abstract: Rock art is a form of folklore expressed on the bare surface of rocks mostly by our Stone Age ancestors. It is an important source for understanding the cognitive, intellectual and cultural development of the early humans. Indian rock
Saora tribe is one of the oldest Indian tribes who live together. Their cultural and traditional background distinguishes one tribe to other. They are religious minded. They widely practicing religion like animism, animalism, natural worship, shamanism and anthropomorphism. Worship of ancestors is in vague among the tribe. These tribes carry on religious practices in order
Jadu Patuas are member of a small community of painters still found in Midnapur, Bankura, Borbhum and Manbhum in west Bengal and Singbhumi and the Santhal Pargana in Bihar. Jadupatua practice magic and they paint for tribal Santhals. People see jadupatuas in awe because they are not known merely as patuas (painters), but jadupata (magic