Eternalising millennium years of art

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In order to push cultural export and exchange, the Embassy of India to Botswana hosted an exhibition at Thapong Visual Arts Centre under the title, ‘March of millennium years’. Mmegi Staffer MOMPATI TLHANKANE went to the gallery to explore the ageless techniques of Indian art.

India is a country with a plurality of its culture and diversity of art, therefore the Indian Embassy managed to bring one of their largest collections to Botswana for both inspiration and education. There is a lot to learn from these artworks in terms of storytelling and execution.

While most Indian mythology touches on religion, certain myths have been retold by artists over and over again and even today the millennium years of art keeps inspiring new audiences and Botswana would now become a beneficiary of such.

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