Seema Krishnakumar for their support, expertise and time to help me successfully complete the documentary project - "Rukhwat Sociological Change in Practices". Also, I would like to thank all my classmates and people who helped me succeed in this documentary project.
INTRODUCTION
Objectives
My present thesis is an attempt to collect and document all the records and references available in regional languages about the Rukhwat under the umbrella of a broad and vague subject of marriage rituals. To analyze the cultural heritage of the Rukhwat from oral traditions as folklore, folk songs and ballads and artefacts.
LITERATURE REVIEW
- Mythology and Occurences of Rukhwat
- Historical Occurrences of Rukhwat
- Rukhwat in Films and Serials
- Ethnographic approach
- Book Design Approaches
- Women and rituals (Book covers)
- Hindu Rituals (Book covers)
- Sample text layouts: Samples for lines, illustrations and images used in layouts
The bride eats the food after receiving the message from the dinner the groom had. Mahadamba or Mhaindasa, the proto-poetess of Marathi, illustrates the Rukhwat sent to the bridegroom Shri Krishna, who came to Kaundinyapur to marry Rukmini, in her creations 'Dhavale' and 'Matrukirukminiswayanvara.' Jadhav Shakuntala (2013) has studied this literature where Mahadamba writes: 'The Rukhwat is sent by Rukmini and contains 18 recipes and innumerable syrups (Panhe and Kalvan). Khobarekar has collected the folk culture from the period of King Shivaji (1630 to 1707) in the book 'Maharashtacha itihas Maratha Kalkhand Volume 1, Shivkal (1630 to 1707)'.
On the fourth day there was a custom of a joint feast of both parties, called Rukhwat, with the worship of the deities of the bride and bridegroom. Jayanta Banerji (2015) reported the presence of the Rukhwat ritual in the Dalit community of Maharashtra in his paper “Tracing Fragments of Unwritten History: Personal Narratives of Indian Dalits in the Light of Folklore and Indigenous Culture.” The description refers to marriages followed by Dalits in the 19th century. century. Give her a Jatra buffalo to fuck, That's the only thing she can please.
Baby Kamble and Urmile Pawar and wrote an expert article on the social life of Dalit women in the book 'Village and Town: Dalit Feminism in the Autobiographies of Baby Kamble and Urmile Pawar' She also explained Baby Kamble's unabashed narrative in her article. about weddings in her community's villages, where songs for the Rukhwat introductions were full of sexual taunts from the bride's parents. Sarojini Babar depicts the entire rukhwat ceremony of the 19th century, where women from both marriage societies eloquently describe the rukhwat items in a poetic style called Ukhana. Ja Mazya Mahera', another Marathi book edited by Babar also has some traces of Ukhana na rukhwat.
After a joint marriage, the bride's (Shital) parents, relatives and friends bring Rukhwat to the groom's (Ajay) house with the procession. After mother-in-law again demands necklace in groom's grandmother's name as Ālā ālā rukhavata Tyāta āhē khēḷaṇyātīla kāra here comes rukhwat and. In a classic work 'The Gift (1990)', the French sociologist Marcel Mauss explains the theories of gift exchange and reciprocity.
In the empirical research about the concept of culture, he laid out a guiding framework in the journey of ethnography as values, beliefs and behavior. In the book making process, the designer performs the role of shaping the physical nature, visual appearance and positioning of all elements on the page. The designer chooses the size, layout, format, typography and binding in the book design process.
METHODOLOGY
Photography as a research method
- Theoretical Data collection
- Fieldwork Data collection
- Tools used
To validate this expected framework for the rukhwat theme, pieces of evidence in the form of text, images and interviews were needed. As the word rukhwat is a regional Marathi word, the possibility of finding details about it in the database is less. Expected output: Documents written for lexical source, Mythological references, historical evidence of ritual in the ancient and medieval period, social customs and marriage practices in the period of Maratha warrior and King Shivaji, Peshwa period, British period and modern. age.
The variations in the performance of this ritual based on caste, class and region of Maharashtra. Documents to clear the confusion between rukhwat and other gift exchanges such as bride price and dowry. Very often people have photos of the rukhwat attended from their own marriage or events.
Expected result: Photographs of the rukhwat display, couple's interaction with rukhwat, participant's interaction with rukhwat, photo of room arrangements. To visit the artisan's place to document the rukhwat making process, the researcher must first find out about such places or shops. The questionnaire must be made to understand the artisan's work with the parameters of why and how the manufacturing process is carried out.
This expects to visit the market area or the store to understand the socio-economic aspect, the experience of the store owner, their study regarding market demands, preferences in purchasing goods from wholesalers, reviewing customer expectations, purpose next. Expected output: The output should consist of details about the wear of these objects, pictures of the interactions with the sellers' customers, images of the arrangement of the items in the store space, details about the marketing and advertising. This includes visiting the site and documenting the arrangement of the rukhvat display space and documenting the roles and relationships of the participants in the act of arrangement, the decisions and thoughts during the rearrangements, the gender-based distribution of work and people's interactions with the screen.
Images of the included items and their alignment in space - images of people interacting with the rukhwat exhibit.
Book Design
- Layout 1
- Layout 2
- Layout 3
For the first appearance, Frutiger is used, which is a humanist sans-serif typeface created by Swiss designer Adrian Frutiger. Frutiger is available in many variants and weights, and has excellent readability even for small text. The grayscale book cover doesn't do justice to the other colorful images of rukhvat and thus creates a contradiction.
Text layout will suit the poetic content, but not for the content-heavy discussion. With each subsequent chapter, the alignment of the footprint is placed before the previous one as if it leads to the next. The book size is changed to A5 to accommodate all the low quality images collected through social media. combining multiple fonts creates visual diversity, so there's no point in choosing two that are generally identical.
After trying combinations of Futura, Gill Sans and Helvetica with Palatino linotype and Baskerville, the combination of Gill sans (Heading and folio) and Palatino linotypes (body text) is finalised. Font: Gill Sans medium 24/30 for the chapter title Gill Sans medium 8/12 for the running heads and footer Palatino Regular 10/12 for the main text. A5 size book can be fair for the quality printing of photos collected from social media.
The square book will be more aesthetically suitable, as the book contains more pictures inside. The strokes of the font used for the front page title appear straight and blocky. Two vertical bars are used in the running heads to enclose the chapter name, as is widely used in Marathi mythological books.
Font: Gill Sans medium 24/30 for chapter heading Gill Sans medium 8/14 for running heads and page footers Palatino Linotype Regular 10/14 for body text Heading font: Butler bold 68 pt.
Post-Process
- Image Color Correction
- Printing
- CMYK Profile for output
- Dmax
- Matte vs. Glossy
Matte paper has a texture like those used for painting - a look and feel absent from regular photo paper. Glossy paper has a higher reflectivity than matte and is printed on with photo black ink.
DISCUSSION
My role as a researcher and ethical considerations
After preparing for the study and field work, I entered the field with an unbiased mind and remained flexible with the different opinions of people on the subject. In order to avoid knowledge of my personal opinions about the research, I deliberately saw all documents or evidence from the records in a completely new way. At first it was hard to drop those assumptions, but after reading the books and journals thoroughly, I was able to get over it.
I gained their trust, especially when interacting with vendors; this was a great asset throughout my fieldwork research. As a researcher, it was my job to seek consent when interviewing or capturing any images from participants and not to assume or take them for granted. As the repetition of any craft is possible in this project, getting photos from the stores was a difficult task.
But introducing the concept in different ways; by respecting people's decisions and promising not to breach any confidential information, I was able to collect the records.
Future Scope
Learnings
CONCLUSION
Expected result: Description of the role of the craftsman in the process. data on raw materials and work planning, involvement of other craftsmen, details of work experience, their beliefs and opinions. Different fonts have a 12 pt baseline and text is left-aligned. also known as the American store) is desirable as it lends itself to many novels or memoirs. The document has seven chapters and the concept of "Saptpadi" (seven footprints on the ground with wet cinnabar) is used to relate to the context of marriage.
It is a unit or measure of the deepest black tone that a printer/ink/paper combination can reproduce. This creates deeper blacks and bolder colors combined with the desired degree of brightness. This has helped me to study the facts freely without presupposing anything and to accept each occurrence of understanding as it comes.
Retrieved March 11, 2019, from https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/editorial/samwad/article-about-dr-sarojini-babar-on- the-occasion-of-her-birth-centenary-year/articleshow/67496262 .cms. Village and City: Dalit Feminism in the Autobiographies of Baby Kamble and Urmila Pawar.
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Abstract for ‘Dhavale’ in Devanagari script
Abstract for ‘Rukmini Swayanvar’ in Devanagari script
Cover page of a book ‘Ja Mazya Mahera’
Still from Hindi serial ‘Tujhase Hai Raabta’
Still ftom Marathi serial ‘Lagira zhala Jee’
Set of book covers on the topic women and rituals
Set of book covers on the topic Hiduism and rituals
Set of body text layouts of books with usage of lines, illustrations and images
Body text from the book ‘The Vivāha, the Hindu Marriage
Page setup window of InDesign 2017 CC
Color correction window in Adobe Photoshop 2017 CC
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