In many tribal cultures, where flora and fauna are sacred to the people, even the act of cutting a tree for its utility is done after a beautiful ritual by the tribals. They approach the tree marked for cutting and after leaving all the birds and animals away from it, they pray for the tree’s forgiveness for having to cut it and ask it to give them nourishment and prosperity. A celebration of indigenous culture’s affinity with nature, this acrylic on canvas by Kritiraj Mhatre reminds one of this practice with its beautiful idiom and earthy color palette.
The canvas depicts a tribal couple in the wilderness, the man holding an ax and the woman holding the tree as the bird residing in its branch’s flies away. A lovely orange in the sky and a bed of flowers in the foreground add to the natural beauty of this artwork, a window to the symbiotic lives of Indian tribes.
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