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Alpona

Alpona is the domestic ritual art of the women of rural Bengal intrinsically linked with folk rites known as "brotos". Brotos are specific rites undertaken with a view to achieving fulfilment of specific desires. They have been in existence for centuries in Bengal and the rest of India and have been practised in particular by womenfolk. Essentially primitive in origin, these were vows undertaken by women of all ages to satisfy the forces of nature and thus obtain divine blessings for peace, well being and safety of their family and kinsmen.