Description :Santhal is the third largest tribal community in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Tripura. The Santhal village consists of a straggling street with houses on either side. The dwelling houses are built in several ways. Walls are made by fixing thin poles, tying them with cross saplings twigs, finishing with a plaster of clay and cowdung and lastly glazing with white clay. The roof is conical and made with rafter of salwood, thatched with jungle grass. The floor of the house is raised above the ground. Santhals create figures of birds, flowers, animals, trees and form of human beings in hunting and dancing postures to decorate the walls of their dwellings.
Received From :Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya
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Jharkhand
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2019-08-02T14:32:52Z
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2019-08-02T14:32:52Z
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Santhal is the third largest tribal community in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Tripura. The Santhal village consists of a straggling street with houses on either side. The dwelling houses are built in several ways. Walls are made by fixing thin poles, tying them with cross saplings twigs, finishing with a plaster of clay and cowdung and lastly glazing with white clay. The roof is conical and made with rafter of salwood, thatched with jungle grass. The floor of the house is raised above the ground. Santhals create figures of birds, flowers, animals, trees and form of human beings in hunting and dancing postures to decorate the walls of their dwellings.
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