Rangoli is an art form from India in which patterns are created on the floor in living rooms or courtyards using materials such as coloured rice, dry flour, coloured sand or flower petals. It is usually made during Diwali and other Indian festivals like Onam, Pongal.
SBS Hindi brings you five easy patterns to replicate this Diwali to decorate your house.
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1. Geometric shapes are easy to execute. Place a diya and start from the center as you go about replicating this design. To add your touch to it, you could either outline it with white colour or continue spreading it and make it a bigger design.
2. Flowers can be expensive but the outcome is worth it. This is an easy pattern to replicate. Also, one may not get the flowers easily in Australia. You could consider colouring rice (Rice + Colour) and executing this design at home. The while outline can be made through children's sidewalk chalk.
3. This one has to be easiest one. These plastic and ornamental readymade rangolis are now available at selected Indian stores across Australia. Some women home-based entrepreneurs in Australia too have a collection that they have shared on certain Facebook groups. This one is easy to assemble and wrap up. You could add your touch by adding tea-light candles to these.
4. Coloured Sand rangoli is one of the most traditional ways of doing rangoli. Here's a simple design to execute with sand colours which are easily available at Indian stores across Australia.
5. This one is for the pros. A bit time-consuming and demanding but the output is worth it. Mix sand colours, flowers and earthen lamps for this one.
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Source: Public Domain
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