Enchanting Sankaranti Rangoli
During my evening walk today –
Sankaranti - I entertained myself by observing several beautiful Rangoli work in
front of houses. I found that rich and
upper middle-class areas offered very little to brag about. It was in Basti and
village (Kakaguda) areas that gave plentiful to watch and wonder.
The Rangoli work displayed
full range of rainbow of colours. Elements related to the festival like: kites,
basavanna and his cow, flowers, sugar cane, beautiful ladies in arresting
dresses, dancing girls, pots overflowing with milk, slogans & greetings,
peacocks and others were all there. I remember that no one had tried to depict the
Sun, so closely connected with harvest. The creativity displayed is something
to seen and not described on paper.
On the streets, if vertical demarcations
are seen, that indicates that there was a Rangoli competition in that basti.
Narrower the streets had more to offer! Some were jealous of protecting their
work of art by placing small and big stones! I wish I had taken my mobile to
capture some of the wondrous offerings. Last year when I did click some photos,
some young boys crowded around me asking if I am a journalist writing a story
for some magazine – if so, they might demand some payment!
Whenever I came across “more-than-ordinary”
Rangoli, I took a few moments more to stand, stare, assess and admire. The
happiness of people around can not be expressed. Several shades of culture and
traditional skills of our country, sort of flows over to streets, so to say. I
came home satiated at heart, thought and soul.
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