KŌLAM et KALAM,
Subtitle: Peintures rituelles éphémères de l’Inde du Sud
Publisher: Geuthner, Paris
Published: 2010
Place of publication: France, Paris
Language: fre
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9782705338336
Table of contents: title: South Indian auspicious thresholds and ritual designs; title: Ephemeral drawings applied daily on the threshold of the houses or in temples are called kolam in Tamil-Nadu and kalam in Kerala and bear testimony to the richness of Indian graphical patrimony. These two states decline ephemeral painting according to two different modes: a daily and domestic feminine activity in the Tamil country and an occasional activity executed for specific rituals by male specialists in Kerala.