Recently, a rice paddy art depicting Ashoka Chakra was created by a 58-year-old farmer Johnson Oliappuram at Thrissilery in Wayanad, Kerala.
Key points
- The origin of tambo art or rice paddy art can be traced to Japan where people plant paddy of various varieties and hues to create the desired images.
- In Japanese, rice fields are called “Ta” or “Tambo” and Tambo Art uses rice fields as a canvas to create huge design works by planting rice with different colored leaves and grain heads.
- The concept assumes that the design illustration will be viewed from a high place such as a viewing platform or similar.
