Visit The Bhil Carnival

Each year, people of the Bhil tribe from Madhya Pradesh in central India celebrate a wonderful carnival called Bhagoria. Subhash Amaliyar, Bhil artist, paints the carnival in his traditional style. Collaborating with him are writer Gita Wolf, and designers Catriona Maciver and Oliver Mayes – who turn his joyous rendering of celebration into an interactive children’s book.

Gita Wolf was born in Calcutta but educated in different cities in India, including New Delhi, Hyderabad, and Bangalore. She received her Masters degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Erlangen/Nuerenberg, Germany. In 1994, she started Tara Books, as an independent publishing house based in India. Beginning with The Very Hungry Lion in 1995, she has written over 20 books for children and adults. Several have won major international awards and been translated into multiple languages. One of her latest books – Do! – was honored with the prestigious Bologna Ragazzi New Horizons award. Subhash Amaliyar is an artist from the "Bhil" tribe of India. He paints in his traditional style and lives and works in Bhopal, Central India. Catriona Maciver lives in Chennai, India, and Oliver Mayes lives in London.