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Reel Name: Village of Plassey
Reel Notes: jute sticks, village shots, spreading Alpana art, butterflies, water front
Date of Exposure: October, 1970


Woman Quenches the Thirst of Two Bullocks

A village scene, West Bengal

 A village scene
Glimpses of Rural India
Santhali tribal kids playing in a public pump

Village of Plassey, West Bengal


A Santali Girl and Her Pet

Village of Plassey, West Bengal
Landscapes of Bengal
Ready for Harvest

Village of Plassey, West Bengal


Anything that Burns
Welcoming the Deity
Decoration Outside a Rural Hut

The folk art of Alpana is practiced widely in West Bengal. White sand paste is typically used for these paintings and new ones are drawn everyday.


Pumkin Creepers

Alpana Paintings Outside a House

Village of Plassey, West Bengal


Alpana Paintings Outside a House

Village of Plassey, West Bengal

 Alpana Decoration
1970
Jute ready for transport

Palssey


Santali kid with lamb		 1970
1970
Kids at bore well

Palssey


Woman attending to cattle		 1970
1970
Pumpkin creeper

Palssey


Woman at pond		 1970
1970
Woman carrying fire-wood

Palssey

  

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