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Direct linkGomez, Aurelia – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2007
In West Bengal, India, a traditional caste community of artists, called "patuas", paint colorful scrolls to accompany songs which they sing to relate historic, current, religious, and cultural events to their audiences. These itinerant painter/singers are part of a long lineage that has passed the tradition down for generations. In this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Class, Artists, Painting (Visual Arts)
