3600 x 2514 px | 30,5 x 21,3 cm | 12 x 8,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
gennaio 2011
Ubicazione:
Kumartuli, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Altre informazioni:
Kumartuli is a traditionally potters’ quarter in northern Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta), the capital of the east Indian state of West Bengal. By virtue of their artistic productions these potters have moved from obscurity to prominence. This Kumartuli neighbourhood, not only supplies clay idols of Hindu gods and goddesses to barowari pujas in Kolkata and its neighbourhoods, but a number of idols are exported.It is one of the seven wonders in Kolkata.Whole families spend the year working on the clay and cane sculptures of idols to be used for festivals, particularly the Durga Puja in October or November. This festival marks the victory of the Goddess Durga over the evil buffalo demon Mahishasura. Thus the Durga Puja festival epitomises the victory of good over evil.
