- Reverence for Nature as the Driving Force of Indigenous Spirituality -
Mewar's indigenous peoples interpret Nature as a Goddess and their highest deity. She embodies a confluence of divine maternal energies that protect their tribes, safeguard their lands and renew the world's fertility. As Her devotees they too hold the web of life sacred and have nurtured its health for millennia.
Vivid cycling photo displays
- Bhil Gavari ceremonies
- Meena Mandana art
- Kalbelia reptile culture
- Garasia dance traditions
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- Rajasthan's Most Spectacular Nature Worship Ritual: Gavari -
Gavari is the Mewar Bhil's goddess of Nature and preeminent deity, whom the tribe annually celebrates with an itinerant ecstatic 40-day theatrical festival. 20~30 different villages dispatch Gavari troupes each year and each of their day-long rituals features shamanic invocations, ecstatic trance and a series of elaborate dance dramas. The stories may be historic, mythic or satiric, but all express indigenous values that adore Nature, detest hierarchies and deify feminine energy.
Representative shots from the Harish Agneya Collection
For more available Gavari imagery samples, please see these galleries...
More to come...
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