{"id":286191,"date":"2024-03-08T18:53:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T13:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=286191"},"modified":"2024-03-13T11:06:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T05:36:18","slug":"rupa-tarakasi-gi-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rupa-tarakasi-gi-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"Rupa Tarakasi- GI Tag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Source-\u00a0<\/b>The post on<strong> Rupa Tarakasi<\/strong>\u00a0is based on the article <strong>\u201cOdisha: Cuttack city&#8217;s silver filigree receives geographical indication tag\u201d <\/strong>published in\u00a0<strong>\u201c<\/strong><b>The Telegraph\u201d on 4th March 2024.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>What is the News?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recently, Orissa\u2019s famous silver filigree Rupa Tarakasi got a GI tag.<\/p>\n<h2>About Rupa Tarakasi<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 477px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.deccanchronicle.com\/h-upload\/2024\/03\/03\/1078005-filgreework.webp?resize=477%2C248&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Proud Moment for Odisha as Cuttack\u2019s Filigree Works Get GI Tag\" width=\"477\" height=\"248\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deccan Herald<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1.<\/strong> <strong>About: <\/strong>Rupa Tarakasi is one of the<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> most exquisite silver crafts,<\/span> practised in the Silver City<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0of Cuttack, Odisha.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2. Origin: <\/strong>The art form has a rich history, dating back as far as the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">12th century,<\/span> and it received considerable patronage under the Mughals. It changed its form with change in ruler.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Influence<\/strong>&#8211; The craft resembles filigree traditions from places such as Arabia, Malta, Genoa, and ancient Greece, suggesting long-standing cultural exchanges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3. Process:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">i)\u00a0In this work of craft, silver bricks are transformed into <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">thin fine wires<\/span> called<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> tara <\/span>or foils, from which silver filigree is made with all <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">designs<\/span> called <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">kasi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ii) While\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">different grades of silver\u00a0<\/span>are used in the main metal alloy, the craftsmen also use other metals like <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">copper, zinc, cadmium and tin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">iii) The skilled artisans involved in this filigree work are known as<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u201cRupa Banias\u201d or \u201cRoupyakaras\u201d<\/span>\u00a0in Odia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">iv) They create various items, including jewellery worn by <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Odissi dancers<\/span>, decorative artefacts, accessories, and religious and cultural pieces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Art and Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source-\u00a0The post on Rupa Tarakasi\u00a0is based on the article \u201cOdisha: Cuttack city&#8217;s silver filigree receives geographical indication tag\u201d published in\u00a0\u201cThe Telegraph\u201d on 4th March 2024.\u00a0 What is the News? Recently, Orissa\u2019s famous silver filigree Rupa Tarakasi got a GI tag. About Rupa Tarakasi 1. About: Rupa Tarakasi is one of the most exquisite silver crafts,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rupa-tarakasi-gi-tag\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rupa Tarakasi- GI Tag<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-286191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}