Procession in the Hul Utsav with Watermarked Lamp Shades from Fuldanga Village

Procession in the Hul Utsav with Watermarked Lamp Shades from Fuldanga village,Santiniketan on 30th June,2011

Hul Dibash now popularly called Hul Utsav is celebrated to comemorate the death anniversary of Shidhu and Kanhu who were killed during the Santal Bidroho in 1875 agaist the East India Company from England who were the colonial rulers of India. Images of the Processions with Lamp shades with Watermarks in Hul Utsav

Installation of the Lamp shades with Umbrella inside the Festival Ground

Young Santal from Fuldanga with his Lamp shade in the Hul Utsav Ground in Vidyadhar pur,Kopai

Projection of the bamboo paper making workshop and other documents from Fuldanga inside the main field area of Hul Utsav in Vidyadharpur,Kopai,Birbhum



Projection of the workshop activities on paper screen made from Bamboo leaves in Hul Utsav,Vidyadharour,Kopai,Birbhum



View of the watermarks on the Bamboo leaf paper screen during the time of the Projection

People gathered in the Hul Utsav watching the projection on the Bamboo leaf paper screen

Lamp shades made of Bamboo leaf papers being installed around the main centre with the images of Sidhu and Kanhu the two legendary heroes of Santal revolution in 1857

Members of Fuldanga Village who participated in the Hul Utsav procession with the Bamboo paper leaf Lamp shades in front of the main gate of the Hul Utsav Field