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Kumaon has a distinctive style of art and craft the best manifestation of which may be seen in the old cultural towns in the Central and Higher Himalayan region, especially during the ritual worships and festive occasions which involve a lot of pageantry, wall and floor painting, clay modeling and so on. 'Alpana' designs executed in rice paste on the floor (smeared previously with Sienna clay) it generally a women's art. The Jyoti Patta a picture of Jeev Maatrikas (life giving female spirits) and Ganesha (the remover of all obstacles) is painted on house walls or on cloth, for worship. Crafted for the same purpose are Dikaras clay images of deities in relief.
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Kumaon also had a rich tradition of stone sculpture, iconography and intricate wood carving the best example of which still lie preserved in the river valleys producing once enough of agricultural surplus.
The bronze or astdahatu statues are also worth seeing.
During the last two decades many rock paintings belonging to the protohistoric period have been discovered in Kumaon. Among them Lakhu Udhiyar and Lwethaap are well known.
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The Pahari Kalam (style of painting) probably also developed in Kumaon, when it was being practiced in some of the Himalyan regions. The Aipan (Alpana) is a popular art form of Kumaon, and walls, papers and pieces of cloth are decorated by the drawing of various geometric and other figures belonging to gods, goddesses and objects of nature. Pichhauras or dupattas are also decorated in this manner.
At the time of Harela there is a tradition of making clay idols (Dikaras) The Shaukas use their own and Tibetan knitting art form to decorate mattresses known as Dans. In these woollen goods we find the mixed influence of the Kumaoni and Tibetan styles. Kumaon also has a distinctive style of making different baskets (Doka.Dala, Tokri), wooden casks (Theki,Harpia, Naliya) for keeping curd, butter and ghee, mattresses (mosta) and ropes etc. The art of hilljatra mukhotas (masks) is also worth mentioning.
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