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September 07 by Mei BehThe paintings are very beautiful. I found it fascinating how the people are portrayed with different skin colour. For example, the 3 wives of Dasaratha all had different skin colour, one light, one medium and one dark. In the mural depicting the masses welcoming the return of Sita, all the people were light skinned except one. Other than the characters that had blue skin (denoting a deity), all the characters were light skinned except for a few with darker skin tone here and there. I asked many people but nobody knew why the skin tones were painted in different colours. I wonder if the colours were meant to show the different races or something else, and whether they are the interpretation of the artist or if the original literature (Ramayana) actually detailed the different races (or skin colours) of the characters. [If anyone knows, please enlighten.]
wow realy i did not noticed it...hey mei beh great obdervations!! TrackbacksThe trackback URL for this entry is: http://vprashantha.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!3F31F051B33E7D5!268.trak Weblogs that reference this entry
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