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STEPHEN P.HUYLER Designs and motifs Rangoii (or mandalas) are ritual Painted Prayers
Photographer art historian, cultural anthropologist, drawings made by many millions of women across rural India. UNDATED
lecturer on the subjects of Indian art and Indian Materials such as rice flour, chalk, lime, or flowers are marked STEPHEN R HUYLER
women's identity, at the University of London or arranged on the ground or on the walls of homes, and in
and Ohio State University, among others. Huyler places of worship and celebration. Skills are handed down
is the author of Painted Prayers, and for over through generations and from friend to friend. Popular
30 years has traveled extensively through the Indian magazines feature new ideas each week and on special
subcontinent creating an edited archive of 200,000 occasions there may be contests. In daily practice, women
pride themselves on never repeating a design. Motifs
images.Theseare widely published in journals and are geometrical or based on plants, animals, and birds.
are the subjects of international exhibitions.
