Cheriyal Mask Workshop.
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Venue: Our Sacred Space, 9-1-84/1/A/1 Sardar Patel Road, Ring Road, next to Orchids Florist,
Date-17th and 24th September 2017 ( Sunday),Time- 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
Fees- 1800 Rs/- (including material)
Cheriyal (or Cherial) is only about a 100 kms away from Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. Artisans there prepare these bright & colorful masks.
The masks are lesser known as they are overshadowed by the scroll-paintings which this village is famous for. They really are miniatures of what must have been life-size, rather face-size, in earlier years. Wandering story-tellers used these masks in traditional story telling when they travelled from village to village. Drawn from daily life and mythology, the smaller masks and other toys would be sold in the village once the stories were done with.
Painstakingly wrought using a light wood base, tamarind seeds and sawdust, these masks are intricately painted, mostly in a red or blue base colour. You will find villagers – men & women in traditional jewelry, turbans, brides & grooms, evil eye protectors/ demons and more.
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