For Christmas, two luxury hotels in the city will focus on displaying the ethnic arts and crafts of Bengal with Shola, Patachitra arts and ethnic hand woven towels in front of their guests and visitors.
Instead of traditional pine or fir, ITC Sonar installed a Shola Christmas tree, which is a unique amalgamation of traditional handcrafted Shola in a contemporary design.
While the ITC Royal Hotel the Bengal Patachitra art style Christmas tree. Hand painted by local artists Soumyadeep Roy, this tree is a visualization of the traditional nativity scene and shows the birth of Jesussaid a hotel official.
“ITC Royal Bengal & ITC Sonar presents the ‘art of partying’ and is an ode to Bengal’s cultural heritage. At the ITC hotels, our Welcome Art Initiative celebrates indigenous art and offers local artists a platform. Traditionally, our handcrafted Christmas trees soak up the modern and at the same time enjoy the cultural heritage of the region. ” ITC hotels & Cluster General Manager, ITC Royal Bengal & ITC Sonar, Tejinder Singh said.
Next to the Shola Christmas tree, the snowflake ‘alpona’ adorns the ground, as a golden snowflake forms the star on the tree. In order to underline the regional flair of the region, traditionally woven ‘gamchas’ (hand-woven towels) wrap and decorate the festive gift boxes next to the tree.
The humble herb Shola Plant grows wild in the swampy water-saturated areas. Under its hard outer bark, it has a soft and milky-white inner core. This spongy, malleable and shiny Shola is artfully processed into delicate figures, artefacts and ornaments.
Traditionally used to adorn and beautify that Shola The headgear of a newlyweds is a mandatory element in a Bengali Marriage.
” This is in line with our ethos of responsible luxury, which is part of our initiative to preserve the taste of the region ”, Singh said.
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