Important Facts For Prelims
Tanbo Art
- 03 Dec 2019
- 1 min read
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A progressive farmer in Kerala is using Tanbo Art (a 3D art form) to depict the celebrated Guruvayur temple elephant that died in 1976.
- The farmer used several indigenous varieties of rice like Krishna Kamod, Gandhakasala and Jeerakasala to give shape to the image.
- Tanbo Art is a rice paddy art developed by the farmers of Inakadate village in Japan about three decades ago to beautify their paddy fields.
- They drew huge replicas of famous paintings, including Mona Lisa, by growing rice crops with fronds of different colours.
