Gond Tribal Art

Gond tribal paintings are basically imitations of cave paintings in the region that go all the way back to the Mesolithic Period. Pardhan Gonds are well known for their artistic skills, mainly painting or music. Many paintings are visual depictions of these songs. It showcases their daily lives of the tribe at the same time it’s their own way to record their history.
Gond people have a belief that viewing a good image brings them good luck. Each and everything in nature whether it is a hill, river, rock or a tree is inhabited by a spirit and, consequently, is sacred. Their paintings are a reflection and form of respect of man’s close connection with his natural surroundings.
Elements like multiple parallel lines in different directions and dots in certain directions add a sense of movement to the still images. Bright sets of colors such as white, red, blue and yellow are from natural sources like geru, sand, charcoal, turmeric , flowers etc.