Gond - Tithi Chirai

Extremely vary of its harsh surrounding and afraid of the end of the world, the Tithi Chirai (sparrow) is a unique character in the folk tales of Patangarh, a small village in Madhya Pradesh that many Gond artists call home. The bird sleeps away from trees and worries about what might fall off them, all the while awaiting the day on which the sky will ultimately fall. And so the sparrow is ready to bear its load, and prevent it from crushing the world when the inevitable happens.