Orissa is famous for its exquisite handicrafts, especially the honeysuckle silk inlaid ornaments and horny handicrafts in Kartak and Mendi, parac, and the famous Pipi decal ornaments. Pata prichard, as a folk color painting form in Orissa, is a very unique handicraft. Brass utensils, especially vases and candlesticks, are exquisitely made and durable. Laguerie and Katz's black stone bowls and plates, as well as colorful stone statues, are also very popular. Silk and hand-spun cotton products, especially Sally, are very charming. Sambapur's Sally and Manibach's embroidery are impeccable in style and texture. These handmade products are unique and exquisite.

Patara tea

Pata prichard is a special process form. When craftsmen make them, they will draw figures from Indian mythology on cloth or a pottery bowl called Pata. It is worth mentioning that this unique handicraft was created by artisans in Lahwa Jabr and Dadshahei villages on the outskirts of Puri. In addition to painting on Pata, Tswakar people also made a unique round game card called Ganjifa, which is widely used by villagers in Orissa.

Decal art

Pipiri is a village 40 kilometers away from Puri. Skillful craftsmen in the village have developed this decal process to perfection. They use fabrics of different colors to embed rich and vivid decorative patterns. Its basic technique is to sew and embed decorative patterns such as birds, animals, flowers and leaves cut from fabrics of other colors on a piece of cloth, showing colorful decorative themes.

Yin Si gong ornaments

Kartak is famous for its silver ornaments. Silver jewelry is called tarakas locally, which has attracted the attention of art lovers all over the world. Artisans bend and weld silver wires together to make beautiful ornaments. The silver wire they use is of high purity. Exquisite craft design shows their exquisite skills.

Horned handicrafts

Horn crafts in Orissa are full of mysterious colors, with both national and modern characteristics. Their exterior decorations are lively and infectious. These horny ornaments are varied, including all kinds of daily necessities and decorations.

paint

The method of making lacquerware is to collect the excrement of an insect in the forest, then add color, and then smear it on small rattan and red pottery statues to make exquisite lacquerware. The theme of decorative patterns on lacquerware surface comes from natural and geometric patterns.

And religious symbols. Transparent lacquer surface and exquisite patterns make lacquerware show a strong decorative effect. The lacquer craft in Orissa is very famous. On the outside of lacquer vines, red pottery bracelets, necklaces, toys, boxes and some national statues, a layer of multicolor paint is coated and polished, and the surface is smooth and shiny.

stone carving

Stone carving is an ancient art, and craftsmen in Orissa have been very good at carving various objects with stones since ancient times. Monuments, stone carvings, caves and temples in countless archaeological sites, as well as exquisite statues and decorations, show the outstanding craftsmanship of stone carvers in Orissa since ancient times.

woodcarving

Wood carving can be roughly divided into three categories: painted wood carving, plain wood carving and rotating wood carving. Rip's painted woodcarving and Balgaga's woodcarving masks, puppets and car decorations are the most popular woodcarving products. Craftsmen in Orissa prefer simple woodcarving to painting with pigments. Painted wood carvings are colorful and pleasing to the eye.

Red pottery

Although red pottery is also common in other parts of India, the shape and style of red pottery made by craftsmen in Orissa are very unique. Elephants, horses, bulls and other terracotta figures are the most popular red pottery.

Bamboo woven products

The fertile land in Orissa provides rich natural raw materials for the development of multi-material handicrafts. Skilled craftsmen use rattan grass and bamboo to make all kinds of utensils and decorations. A special kind of golden grass grows in Orissa, which is usually used to weave straw mats and other similar products.

ironware

Orissa is rich in mineral resources, which provides a lot of raw materials for manufacturing various metal and alloy devices. Exquisite utensils are made of various metals and alloys. The brass fish, snake and crocodile products made by craftsmen in Pubani area are very flexible. The rice and oil measuring tools made of bronze in Sambapur and Brangier areas are decorated with exquisite artistic patterns and are deeply loved by people.

textile

Sambapur's weavers created a unique textile style with hand looms, which established their important artistic position. People especially like modern saris and clothing fabrics produced by Sambapur.