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Video | The making of halli drawings by women of the Halakki people – Karnataka

Among members of the Halakki community, a halli or seedi is considered as a diagrammatic representation of an event like weddings or naming ceremonies of a child. Watch how such drawings are made by women.

Video by Venkatesh Lakshmanan © 2011

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