Author by : Sean Carter

Sprinkle some bright colors on rice paste and see the magic. Kids are busy with their pastel crayons and poster paints to color their own designs. Professionals are engrossed with the colors on the canvases. It’s the season of lights and colors. Red, blue, yellow, and orange are coming your way to make your Diwali more colorful.

Rangoli designing is the most prominent activity of the time. It’s time to play with colors. Experts explain, “rangoli starts with a seed pattern and then builds around it.” Practice the art of drawing various geometric patterns to get fabulous rangoli designs. Go on repeating the patterns for better result.

It is a wonderful experience to watch the women of all ages sharing their creative ideas to make a rangoli with intricate detailed designs. Rangoli can be best defined as the most appreciated domestic art form. One has to follow few basic steps before making a well designed rangoli. The effect comes from the mixture of white powder and colors. Here we get the meaning of the word “rangoli”, “rang” means ‘color’ and “aavalli” means ‘row of colors’. Motifs are generally taken from the world of nature like peacocks, mango, flowers or creepers. Natural dyes from barks of trees or leaves are widely used for coloring rangoli. Indigo colors also do wonders. Nowadays synthetic dyes are very popular for bright colored rangolis. Every design starts either with lines, dots or simple geometrical designs like squares and circles. It is said that you need not to be an artist for designing rangoli. The talent is passed form one generation to another. Thus, you may not be a professional but you must be gifted with creative ideas.

Rangolis are themes specific. The well known themes are the symbol of swastika or footprints of Goddess Lakshmi. All the designs and coloring are made to keep the evil spirit away. So, there should be no broken lines in the entire pattern of rangoli. Otherwise the evil spirits can enter through the gaps. Rangolis are associated with any auspicious event. It can be birthday or even wedding. But the art of making rangoli is mostly practiced on Diwali. This is the time to visit each other’s homes to exchange greetings and sweets. The objective of coloring rangolis is to beautify the surroundings and spread the joy and happiness all around. The guests can feel the mood of Diwali even before they enter their relatives homes. Rangolis are made outside the home in India to greet the guests.

Plain rice paste is not at all colorful. You can go for a colored rice paste. Decorate your design with flower petals. You can even put a little lamp in the midst of the pattern for better illumination. Rangolis used to be a 2square feet design in the past. Now, it is taken as one of the most appreciated form of wall or floor art. Some even like to decorate the entire home with the intricate color patterns.

Designers try out new modes of making rangolis and the books on the same are now selling like hot cakes. Rangoli making is actually a social activity where women and children have fun with their friends and relatives. Stories..gossips…light music…snacks…and designs, colors..shape the mood for rangoli. Nowadays social clubs also conduct rangoli contest and the best person is rewarded with attractive prizes. Rangolis are getting so popular that people like to send rangoli e -cards to their near and dear ones on Diwali and 123greetings.com is well known for its exclusive rangoli collection.

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