An Indian Christmas Decoration
By ARM
@responsiveme (22926)
India
December 15, 2018 7:51am CST
The picture is of a Rangoli design done during a competition in my neighbourhood school today.
In keeping with the Christmas theme, a group of children did this pattern and bagged the first prize.
Rangoli is an art form that is used for decorations during festivals and other auspicious occasions.
Patterns are made on the floor with rice flour,coloured sand, flower petals, seeds and leaves.
The patterns range from geometric designs,to floral or depicting a theme. Deft fingers are also needed so that the powder spreads evenly and cleanly as the designs are made.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 Dec 18
This is very common..rangolus are made as part of decorations in our festivals
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 Dec 18
@Courage7 you need to have deft fingers too so that the powder spreads evenly
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@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
15 Dec 18
@responsiveme I had never seen it it is truly beautiful and such detail.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
16 Dec 18
Wow, what a great job they did using those things to make their picture. One can't really tell by looking that it wasn't done with crayons or artistic supplies.
Do you help out at that school, or do you have kids or grandkids that attend there?
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
16 Dec 18
@responsiveme okay, thanks for the explanation. My kids are out of school too and have no kids.
Although, my younger daughter got married this past May and now has a step-daughter. So I guess we have a step-grand daughter. My older daughter just turned thirty last month and she moved out six years ago or so but moved back in when she split from her boyfriend.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
16 Dec 18
@MarshaMusselman So you do have a grandkid.
Mine are boys, one is working, other in college
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
16 Dec 18
No, my neighbour is a teacher there and she showed me the photo after she came back.
My kids are out of school and not married yet.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 Dec 18
I love it too.Rangolis range from simple to very intricate patterns
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 Dec 18
Yes, that particular group chose the right theme
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@sofssu (23662)
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16 Dec 18
@responsiveme the right color scheme and did it pretty well.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
16 Dec 18
No,it will be around for a while. These are temporary decorations though. This was a competition at a school
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Dec 18
@responsiveme I saw the traditional one. That is very impressive.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
16 Dec 18
They are very common but this a very innovative.
There is a traditional one I posted below in one of the responses
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
19 Dec 18
Beautiful art. Too bad it will be erased in a few days as people walk over it.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
19 Dec 18
@responsiveme Taking photos of it would somehow keep it remembered.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
19 Dec 18
This is temporary. While the school may keep it for sometime eventually they will clear the place
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
16 Dec 18
Thanks.
No, the image is on a school verandah . It was a rangoli competition
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
16 Dec 18
@theend sometimes they do decorate sidewalks and pavements if there are some events
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@theend (2778)
• Gifu, Japan
16 Dec 18
@responsiveme Sorry, I was wrong. I think it was created in the middle of the street.
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
16 Dec 18
Nice Santa I liked it. :) Now I see why the won the frist prize :)
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
16 Dec 18
@responsiveme Yeah lucky holidays for them. Thumbs up to that! :D
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@KOLAMsegaran1 (4137)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
15 Dec 18
Wow, that looks really good once, I like it very much
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 Dec 18
I like it too. The kids made a clever choice with their theme
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@KOLAMsegaran1 (4137)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
15 Dec 18
@responsiveme Have you ever learned to make things like that
When you were a teenager
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 Dec 18
@KOLAMsegaran1 we do make rangolis for our festivals...Not very expert though
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
15 Dec 18
@responsiveme I loved it.Now aware of this type of art.Thank you
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 Dec 18
Thank you for liking it..rangolis are decorations that we make on festive occasions
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
16 Dec 18
Yes, this was a good way of sharing rangoli
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
15 Dec 18
Wow...it is the first time I saw a Santa Rangoli. This is awesome
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
17 Dec 18
@responsiveme yes...very innovative
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 Dec 18
Yes, those kids deserved the first prize
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
15 Dec 18
I was trying to figure out if it was chalk. Really fun and colorful.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 Dec 18
No powder of different colours. It requires expertise as you need to make the decorations sprinkling the powder evenly
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@yoalldudes (35040)
• Philippines
17 Dec 18
@responsiveme I see. Needs some skill.
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