Logo of Indigenous Voices: Mapping India’s Folk and Tribal Literature

Indigenous Voices: Mapping India’s Folk and Tribal Literature

This logo designed by me

The Logo has been adapted from the tribal art form, Warli, traditionally practiced by the women of Warlis, an indigenous community of western India. Simple and linear, this two dimensional art form has no perceptive or proportion, and uses a very basic graphic vocabulary of triangle, circle and line, characterized by abstraction. 

The human figure are made up of two triangle joined at the apex in a precarious equilibrium symbolise the balance of universe. These ritual painting protray scenes of hunting, farming, festivals and dances, trees and animals.

In this logo, the spiral formation of men and women in concentric circle depicts the celebration of life. The inner core in bluish green is the earth and represents fertility. The outer whorls, resembling the  rays of sun depicts the creativity and vitality of life.