BIGGER AND MORE IMPRESSIVE

Pn Asiah starting to put the Allamanda into the first petal

Hasif lining the finished petals with the red fruits of the palm tree
Cik Siah and Hasif working on the Rangoli
Cannot squat and do as it is too tiring

Fawwaz adding more allamanda to the petal

Azam and Fawwaz at work

Puan Siti Arfah posing in front of the finished Rangoli

Another photo with our senior principal

Alif and John

Hanim and Hafriz

Happy belated Diwali from the girls

Kolam or Rangoli, can be used interchangeably

This morning, I created a new Rangoli or Kolam to replace the one that was damaged in the library last Friday. I started off with the coloured rice from the first Rangoli and then got the idea to use flowers, leaves, seeds and other materials from nature for this new one. As usual, I got Puan Asiah and a few of the students to help make the Rangoli.
What do you think? Is the new one more impressive?

FACTS ABOUT THE RANGOLI

1. Rangoli is a Sanskrit word which means a creative expression of art through the use of color.
2. The word rangoli may also have come from "rang" (color) + "aavalli" (row), which means row of colors, or from rang+avalli, which means creepers of colors.
3. Rangoli is the art of drawing images and motifs on the floor and walls of one's home using different colour powders.
4. Basically a floor painting, a rangoli image stands for a sign of welcome.
5. A variety of ingredients are used to create a Rangoli. In old days, the colours were traditionally derived from natural dyes - from barks of trees, leaves, indigo, etc. Today however, synthetic dyes are used in a range of bright hue.
6. In south Indian states like Kerala, flowers like marigolds and chrysanthemums and leaves are used to create Rangoli.
   Source: http://www.theholidayspot.com/diwali/rangoli.htm