We are an art initiative inspired by Maharashtra’s Warkaris that congregates with artists, patrons and art itself. Like the Warkari’s deities are Vitthal and Rakhumai, ours is art. Everyone who walks in its procession are our Warkaris.

The Wari is a congregation that eclipses over simple faith to traverse across landscapes, castes, languages and ages. Lakhs of people walk with it—led by a purpose devoid of binding ritual practice, yet filled with song, community and an infallible sense of devotion.

Oct 28, 2012 · Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes, the first exhibition of its kind in North America, opens up this exciting yet virtually unknown episode in ancient American history through more than 100 startlingly beautiful art works in all major Wari media: masterful ceramics; precious ornaments made of inlays or gold and silver; sculpture; and sumptuous ...

The Wari are particularly known for their textiles, which were well-preserved in desert burials. The standardization of textile motifs serves as artistic evidence of state control over elite art production in the Wari state. [15] Surviving textiles include tapestries, hats and tunics for …

Jul 15, 2015 · Wari art is best evidenced in textile finds which often depict the Staff Deity, plants, the San Pedro cactus flower, pumas, condors, and especially llamas, illustrating the importance of these herd animals to the Wari.

Mar 6, 2025 · In the Ayacucho region of the south-central highlands of Peru, Wari emerged as an expansive empire characterized by various artistic, architectural, religious, and sociopolitical innovations.

Sep 29, 2021 · Essays by major specialists offer summaries of counterpoint views of the Wari’s political structure as well as architecture, feasting traditions, staff deity iconography and religion, major artistic media (ceramic, fiber, feathers, metal, …

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While the shape of this vessel and the painting style—vivid slip paints of red, purple, yellow, gray, and white and the use of thick black outline—follows a long-standing southern coast tradition, its religious imagery is found on major stone monuments at Tiwanaku.

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