Jhumar

Mask Id:
466
Name:   
Jhumar
Country: 
India
Location:
Mandla
Region:   
Group:
Mask Makers:
Harisingh Baiga
Material Used:
Wood
Length:  
49 cm
Breadth:
24 cm
 
Region  Group  
Description:

A man wearing the Jhumar mask blesses the bridegroom in a disguise dress of an ascetic on the last day of the marriage among the Baiga tribe of Mandala. This tradition is not followed now a days. But bridgegrooms are blessed certainly in a disguise form of an ascetic. It is a non-conventional mask.

 

Jhumar