Alpona

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Alpona: The journey of a thousand-year-old art form

As this ritual art form has become more universal and secular across the Bengal region, the tools have also changed

Apart from beautifying Shaheed Minar premises, ‘alpona’ tells Bengali history
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Apart from beautifying Shaheed Minar premises, ‘alpona’ tells Bengali history

The road where the world’s largest alpona was drawn. Photo: PR
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World’s largest alpona drawn in Gaibandha

Standing in front of her house, the walls of which are gracefully decorated with alponas, Sreemati Daykhon Barman poses with a crest she received from the local administration for pioneering the tradition of alpona in her village. Photo: TBS
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