page_title: Folklore of India
section_title: Folk art of India
hierarchical_section_title: Folklore of India / Folk art of India
caption_attribution_description: Bahasa Indonesia: Kebudayaan India terbagi menjadi lima wilayah geografis utama. English: Culture of India broken down into five main geographical regions.
context_page_description: The folklore of India encompasses the folklore of the nation of India and the Indian subcontinent. India is an ethnically and religiously diverse country. Given this diversity, it is difficult to generalize widely about the folklore of India as a unit.
  Although India is a Hindu-majority country, with more than three-fourths of the population identifying themselves as Hindus, there is no single, unified, and all-pervading concept of identity present in it. Various heterogeneous traditions, numerous regional cultures and different religions to grow and flourish here. Folk religion in Hinduism may explain the rationale behind local religious practices, and contain local myths that explain the customs or rituals. However, folklore goes beyond religious or supernatural beliefs and practices, and encompasses the entire body of social tradition whose chief vehicle of transmission is oral or outside institutional channels.
context_section_description: The folk and tribal arts of India speak volumes about the country's rich heritage. Art forms in India have been exquisite and explicit. Folk art forms include various schools of art like the Mughal School, Rajasthani School, Nakashi art School etc. Each school has its distinct style of colour combinations or figures and its features. Other popular folk art forms include Madhubani paintings from Bihar, Kangra painting from Himachal Pradesh and Warli paintings from Maharashtra. Tanjore paintings from South India incorporate real gold into their paintings. Local fairs, festivals, deities and heroes (warriors) play a vital role in this art form.
  Some famous folk and tribal arts of India include:
  Tanjore Art
  Madhubani Painting
  Nirmal paintings
  Warli Folk Painting
  Pattachitra Painting
  Rajasthani Miniature Painting
  Kalamezhuthu
caption: The culture of India has been broken down into five main geographical regions
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