Fishy Festivities: Pattachitra Aquatic Marriages Display

Fish Marriage – Patua art or Pattachitra is a general term for traditional cloth-based scroll painting based in the eastern Indian states of Odisha and West Bengal. Patua painting of West Bengal combines storytelling, singing, and painting. Originally, they were painted as scrolls and were visual accompaniments to stories told through songs and ballads. Pattachitra art form is known for its intricate details as well as mythological narratives and folktales inscribed in it. Pattachitras are a component of an ancient Bengali narrative art, originally serving as a visual device during the performance of a song