Why is it incomplete to call folk art only decoration?

Because folk art also shows community, tradition, and life experience

The governing concept is that folk art is a form of cultural expression, not merely surface decoration. It is commonly connected with the beliefs, memories, occupations, celebrations, materials, and visual symbols of a particular community. Through motifs, colours, patterns, stories, and methods passed from one generation to another, folk art records how people understand and experience everyday life. Option A is correct because it includes community, tradition, and lived experience. Option B is false because colour is often important in folk art. Option C reverses the usual idea of handmade or community-based practice, and option D directly contradicts its social character. Decoration may be one feature, but it does not explain the whole cultural meaning.

This is a Class 9 Art Education question. Chapter: Introduction to Art. Topic: Types of art.