{{Short description|Traditional Odia art}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox art | title = Jhoti Chita | image = Jhoti chita.jpg | image_size = 200px | type = Odia art | medium = rice paste }}
'''''Jhoti chita''''' ({{langx|or|ଝୋଟି ଚିତା| jhoṭi citā}}) is a traditional [[Odia art|Odia white art]] mostly seen in rural areas of [[Odisha]]. It is made from rice paste and with a piece of cloth surrounded with a stick is used to create beautiful patterns.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jhooti, Gurubara Chitta – Rangoli:- A Symbol of Traditional Odia Culture: Margasira Masa Sesa Gurubar #Odisha #Festival #Odia|url=http://eodisha.org/jhooti-gurubara-chitta-rangoli-symbol-traditional-odia-culture-margasira-masa-sesa-gurubar-odisha-festival-odia/|website=eodisha.org|accessdate=29 September 2016|archive-date=2 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002115215/http://eodisha.org/jhooti-gurubara-chitta-rangoli-symbol-traditional-odia-culture-margasira-masa-sesa-gurubar-odisha-festival-odia/|url-status=dead}}</ref> People also use their bare fingers to make ''jhoti chita''. They can be created over walls and on floors.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chita on the floor OdishaChannel.com|url=http://odishachannel.com/index.php/352/chita-on-the-floor/|website=odishachannel.com|accessdate=29 September 2016}}</ref>
''Jhoti chitas'' are created for various festivals like marriage, [[Manabasa Gurubara]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Manabasa Guru Bara and Lakshmi Puja|url=http://odialive.com/manabasa-guru-bara-and-lakshmi-puja/|website=odialive|accessdate=29 September 2016|date=13 December 2012}}</ref> and [[Raja (festival)|Raja]].
The traditional of ''jhoti chita'' has been utilized used to make [[saree]] prints.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arts and Crafts of Odisha, Sand Art of Orissa, Puri – Silver Filigree Work of Cuttack|url=http://www.nuaodisha.com/ArtnCrafts.aspx|website=www.nuaodisha.com|accessdate=29 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha Government Portal|url=http://www.odisha.gov.in/portal/ViewDetails.asp?vchglinkid=GL010&vchplinkid=PL060&vchslinkid=SL039|website=www.odisha.gov.in|accessdate=29 September 2016}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Commonscatinline|Jhoti}}
{{Odia culture}}
[[Category:Arts of Odisha]] [[Category:Culture of Odisha]]
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