The Warlis or Varlis are an Indian Scheduled Tribe who live in the talukas of Thane, Nasik and Dhule districts of Maharashtra, Valsad District of Gujarat, and the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. They have their own beliefs, life, customs and traditions, which is the part of the Composite Hindu Culture. The Warlis speak an unwritten Varli language which belong to the southern zone of the Indo-Aryan languages, mingling Sanskrit, Marathi and Gujarati words. The word Warli is derived from warla, meaning "piece of land" or "field".

Their oral tradition tells us that the Warlis moved southwards in search of lands for shifting cultivation to the foothills of Sahayadhris, where they live now. With a view to putting an end to what they considered the wasteful practice of shifting cultivation, the British evicted Warli villages deep into the forests, and resettled them on the fringes.

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folk and tribal art known to urban India until then It did not narrate mythological stories in vibrant tones nor did it contain the robust sensuality of the paintings found in Eastern India Usually the Warli paintings are done during the marriage ceremony and they call them as Lagnace citra meaning marriage paintings The painting is sacred and without it the marriage cannot take

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Sun Aug 1 17:58:52 2010

The warli paintings are being done on canvas. - 'are being done' what is the tense of this verb?
Q. 'are being done' is, according to me, Present Perfect continuous tense. Can any one tell if this is correct or provide me with the correct tense. The sentence is Passive voice.
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A. The action starts sometime in the present but will end sometime in the future so i will give it a future continuous.
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