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Sohrai Murals

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In News 

  • Santhali communities of Odisha and Jharkhand are changing their ways of painting Sohrai murals.

Image Courtesy :DTE 

About Sohrai Murals

  •  It is an art in which santhali women usually paint the walls of their houses to mark Sohrai, a harvest festival coinciding with Diwali or Kali Puja.
  • The art also adorns walls during ceremonies or special occasions, such as weddings and childbirth.
  • Santhali Sohrai murals vary across regions, prominently featuring geometric shapes. 
    • Apart from the Santhals, the Bhumij community in the district also paints them.
  • The prominence given to geometry in the murals can be linked with the Santhal community’s affinity for symmetrical precision in its architecture
    • Such murals are part of a long tradition of the Santhal community that dominates Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj districts of Odisha; East Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan districts of Jharkhand; and Purulia district of West Bengal. 
  • In 2020, Jharkhand received a Geographical Indication tag for its Sohrai art particularly for the murals painted by women in Hazaribagh district who do not belong to the Santhal tribe. 
  • However, these are quite different from the murals created by the Santhal tribe,
  • The murals of Hazaribagh are more primordial with different motifs, whereas the Santhali Sohrai art features only geometric shapes.

Sohrai 

  • Sohrai is known for the care of domestic animals such as cows and buffaloes.
    • Since these animals are significant in an agricultural society, taking proper care and welfare of them form an important ritual of Sohrai. 
  • It is celebrated immediately after diwali, on the new moon day. 
  • In the evening, earthen lamps are lit. The next day the cattle are washed, vermilion mixed with oil is put on the cattle and they are garlanded. 
  • The festivities include such games as bull fights.

Source:DTE


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