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  • Untitled by Benedict S. Hynñiewta

    International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 🏞️🌲🌱

    Ban ïai bteng ïa ka jingrakhe jong ka Indigenous Peoples Day, kane haneng ka dei ka matti jingdro jong i Bah @benedictskhemlang

    Khublei Shibun Bah @benedictskhemlang ba phi la phah ïa kane ka dur! 😄🙏

    Ka long ka dur kaba pynmih bun ki jingpyrkhat shaphang ka imlang sahlang Khasi, ki riti ki dustur jong ngi bad ka pashat ruh ïa ka jingmut sha ka lawei ka ban nang wan.

    Sngewbha ïathuh kumno phi sngew shaphang kane ka matti jingdro ha ki comments!

    Please tell us your thoughts about the art in the comments!

    This art piece by @benedictskhemlang brings up many thoughts about contemporary Khasi society as well as Khasi belief and custom and how they are going to develop into the future.

  • Woodcut of Phe Phe Falls by Wanhi-i Challam

    International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2023 🌱🌲

    Contribution by @wanhii.psd 😃

    Title – "Untitled"

    Medium – Woodcut

    Editions – 5

    Year – 2023

    Size – 19'5'' x 24'

    Artist – Wanhi-i Challam

    He says: "This is a woodcut of a waterfall near by my home town – 'PHE PHE falls'. I chose to be very spontaneous with this one. Initially, it was intended to be just a simple, realistic landscape woodcut. However, as I worked on it, I chose to have some freedom in the techniques of cutting the wood and to allow the composition to evolve organically as I worked on it. I allowed the wood to guide me and fused the original form of the waterfall with my personal interpretation. I find it very meditative to work this way, not strictly following the realistic image of the waterfall, but instead capturing the emotions and feeling the rhythm of the waterfall with all its force, aggressiveness, daring, serenity, and stillness, while still conveying a sense of calmness and beauty."

    Khublei Shibun @wanhii.psd ba phi la phah ïa kane ka jingshna oh dur kaba itynnat! 🏞️

  • Ka Ktien by Careen J. Langstieh

    International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2023

    Khublei Shibun Kong @careenjoplinlangstieh na ka bynta ka jingdro dur rnga kaba itynnat bad ka jingthoh kaba pynpuson shaphang ka ktien kaba ngi khlei man la ka sngi ha ki parabriew. 😄🙏

    Thank you Kong @careenjoplinlangstieh for this thought-provoking charcoal art and also your grandmother's teachings on the power of the spoken word. The belief in the value and effect of the spoken word is well-held by the Khasi community. 😄🙏

  • The head of Nohkalikai Falls by Coops Kharlukhi

    International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2023 🌱🍃

    Kane ka dei ka matti jingdro jong i Bah @coops_kharlukhi jong ka khlieh jong ka kshaid Nohkalikai. Khublei Shibun Bah ba phi la phah ïa kane ka dur kaba shoh jingmut shisha! 😄🙏

    This painting is of the head of the Nohkalikai waterfall, named after Ka Likai who as is told in the folktale, jumped from the waterfall after tragedy struck her life.

    He says: "Most people see the waterfall from the front. They see how beautiful it is. However when looking at the mouth of the waterfall, one does not see beauty but one feels fear. The stones and boulders on the sides too, are symbolic of the obstacles and tragedy which mark Likai's life. There is fear at the mouth of the waterfall but Likai overcame her fear and sorrow when she jumped."

    What an interesting perspective Bah Coops!