“I didn’t know many people here, but when they saw my art, they wanted to know more,” she said. Rangoli outside Jugnu Verma’s home in Lexington, SC, July 17, 2021. Making ornate floor art ...

Patty and Sid learned about Rangoli art during the Basant Kite Festival this spring. This colourful folk art from India uses coloured rice, flour, sand, salt or even flower petals to create ...

Rangoli is a popular folk art that sees people make colourful designs on the floor in their house, to serve as a welcoming gesture to the gods and bring good luck. The design is created using ...

The age-old tradition of rangoli - the ancient Indian cultural traditional folk art - will decorate the entrances of many Hindu homes on Diwali morning. Rangoli design can be simple geometric ...

Rangoli, meaning colour, is a mandala-type pattern created for the floor from rice or powder. Some displays are made entirely from flower petals or leaves, too. The Indian folk art form is ...

Rangoli - or kolam in South India - is a 5,000-year-old North Indian folk floor art where coloured rice powders and organic, mostly edible materials are used to create auspicious designs outside ...

Also known as 'Alpona', 'Jhoti' is folk art and traditional practice of making murals or Rangoli at the doorstep of the house premises during social gatherings and religious festivals. In a move ...

glowing lamps and an ornate ancient Indian folk art known as rangoli. These geometric patterns, religious symbols and floral designs are drawn on the floor of one’s home, often using chalk and ...