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The Village
Our people have inherited great talents.
Our way of life
is imbued with the sense of beauty. Our women paint
on the walls naturally.
Our craftsmen know how to make . . . with
their hands everything that we have in India. If we have faith in
them, they can perform miracles.
M a h a t m a G a n d h i
A lthough the population of India's great cities
grows rapidly, over eighty percent of Indians live in hundreds of
thousands of villages. Millions more continue to visit their native
villages for periodic festivals and family events.
It is in these rural areas that much of the art of India originated
and is sustained. The traditional exchange relationships between
artisan communities and their patrons and customers have persisted
in the villages, and the agricultural cycle provides the schedule
for fairs, festivals and worship, all of which are animated by the
work of artists.
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