Sujit Saha
West Nimar village leader called Sarpanch of Bhilala tribe, Madhya Pradesh, is relaxing with his Rifle and family members in his room. Where wall is printed with Pithora painting. Pithora painting is called as Olia in the folk painting of Gujarat. Pithora is a ritualistic art created during marriages paying respect to the supreme deities. The art from is carried forward through generations as a traditional occupation.
The Bhilala tribe
Tribe Bhilala
Geography West India
State Madhya Pradesh
Bhilala is a tribe found in the Malwa and Nimar of the Central Provinces and in Central India. The total strength of the Bhilalas is about 150,000 persons, most of whom reside in the Bhopawar Agency, adjoining Nimar. Only 15,000 were returned from the Central Provinces in 1911. The Bhilalas are commonly considered, and the general belief may in their case be accepted as correct, to be a mixed caste sprung from the invading immigrant Rajputs with Bhils of the Central India hills.
