Rangoli - making houses home

Being Divali it’s time to do some rice Rangoli patterns. Rangoli (and this is where my teacher hat is dusted off) are usually symmetrical circular patterns which are drawn/kept around Indian homes as a sign of hospitality; though drawn daily in really traditional homes, they’re drawn everywhere during the festival of lights, Divali.

You will need
Pre-dyed and dried rice.
Chalk
A large plastic plate (if you want it to be easy to tidy up)
To catch the pattern - spray mount glue and a big piece of paper

Hopefully you’ve already dyed your rice, and it’s a nice day where you are. Take the rice outside with the kiddy-winkles and give them a bit of chalk each. By copying what the others draw it is possible - if unlikely - to get a symmetrical pattern of circles, stars and of sorts; or the again, use a template. Throw in some peacocks if your the arty type. Take the dyed rice and use it to colour the shapes.

If you want to keep the pattern, go fetch a big ‘ol piece of paper, spray it with mount glue, lay it down and peel it up.

Enjoy and…

Sal Mubarak

(Happy New Year)

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