Jharkhand’s Sohrai Khovar painting and Telangana’s Telia Rumal got GI tag

Jharkhand’s Sohrai Khovar painting and Telangana’s Telia Rumal have been given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
The Sohrai Khovar painting is a traditional and ritualistic mural art.
A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other permanent surfaces.
It is being practised by local tribal women during local harvest and marriage seasons using local, naturally available soils of different colours in the area of Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand.

Telia Rumal cloth involves intricate handmade work with cotton loom displaying a variety of designs and motifs in three particular lours — red, black and white.
It is an art of Ikat tradition using natural vegetable dyes.
Ikkat is a dyeing technique used to pattern textiles .
Telia Rumal can only be created using the traditional handloom process and not by any other mechanical means as otherwise, the very quality of the Rumal would be lost.
The telia fabrics were used by nobles (Nizam’s dynasty) in Hyderabad. The fabric was exported to Persian Gulf, Middle East, Aden, East Africa, Singapore and Burma.