In the remote tribal heartland of Chhattisgarh, the ancient art of Dokra, a 4,000-year-old metal-casting technique fights for the survival, writes GYANESHWAR DAYAL The nondescript district of ...

Dokra Art is a non–ferrous metal casting art using the lost-wax casting technique. This sort of metal casting has been used in India for over 4,000 years and is still used.

Dokra art is a speciality of Chattisgarh (Bastar), West Bengal, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. <br /><br />“Though everybody in my family (my father and brothers) is involved in this art, I had ...

Dokra, or dhokra, is a traditional art form found in the states of Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. The process involves making various art forms using lost-wax metal casting.

Dokra art is one of India's prehistoric art forms. One of the earliest expressions of this ancient art is the dancing girl artefact found in Mohenjo-Daro and Harappan excavations. The common ...

The Open House that was organised by Artlabs at Smilee Garden, Huskur Road, on Sunday set the 4,000-year-old art and its generational artisans from Bastar against the contemporary context.

The art uses basic shapes like circles, triangles, and squares to create beautiful stories. One common image is the "tarpa dance," where people dance in a circle, showing unity and joy.

RANCHI: Dokra art, a traditional art form of the state adopted by nomadic craftsmen, is languishing due to neglect. Such is the case that artists steeped in poverty due to lack of opportunities ...

Conducted by Reflection of Another Day, an artists group based at Konnagar, the workshop was organised to promote dokra art, that is more than 4,000 years old. Along with the artists was an artisan, ...

President George Vella on Saturday inaugurated an art exhibition entitled ‘Dokra’, in aid of the Malta Community Chest Fund, which is “inspired by his presidency’s raison d’être”.