Aipan House documents the art, festivals and traditions of the Kumaon Himalaya — Aipan, the GI-certified rice-paste folk art of Uttarakhand, and the festival year it belongs to: Harela, Phool Dei, Ghee Sankranti, Nanda Ashtami, Ghughutiya and the long Kumaoni Holi. Start in the valley, where the day begins.
Up in the village, the calendar comes alive. Turn the year to find each festival in its season — what's sown, sung, cooked and drawn.
At the threshold of the hill temple, the rice paste meets the red ground. This is Aipan — every motif and method, decoded in depth.
Above the tree line are the gods and the old tales — Nanda Devi, the sacred peaks, the myths the festivals remember.