I have learnt how to put Kolam or Rangoli when I was in school in eightth Standard and Nineth Standard from my friend Kalpana and others. Dotted Kolams were easy for me but only upto 17 or 18 dots. There were certain kolams which can be drawn using 36, 45, 54, 64 dots.
I cannot keep dots in a Mathematically straight line. But I have watched girls, ladies and women drawing Big, Big and beautiful kolams. They can keep the dots in a Straight line. No Scale is required. Such a Type of Clarity and strenght of Minds they have. mmm! (Jealousy burns me inside)
One thing that ocuupies me is Rangoli, No dots, only imagination. It can start from a circle or a flower or a square or a triangle. Particularly, North Indian Women Folk are so experts at it.
My Aaya (Grand Mother) who lived in Chenguttai, Kaatpadi wud get up early in the morning like 5.00 am and sprinkle cow dung water on the Vaasal (wat it is called in English,, courtyard) and put small kolam which wud look elegantly beautiful in the white kola maavu powder.
I have seen Brahmins drawing Kolams with Arisi Maavu that is Rice Flour. It becomes food to the ants and it is considered Auspicious.
I am so unhappy that I cannot draw Big kolams and rangolis. Tho, I admire those girls and women folk who draw them, I can promise u Jealousy creeps in into my Heart. What wrong I did that I am not able to draw this, beautiful kolam.
Rangoli requires Color Combinations, Green with Red, Light green with Rose,
The alternative and contrast colors, Actually, Our Kaatpadi women folk are great Interior decorators. Yes, they live in huts and small houses but yet, By Birth,, Mark my words (N s Govindan sir style) Mark my words, they are born Interior decorators. No need for them to pay Course Fee and learn it. God has bestowed them with such knowledge by birth. IN BUILT SYSTEMS THEY ARE.
May it be Sikkal Kolam or May it be Rangoli or May it be normal poo kolam, it needs lot of Calculations and color combinations.
From where do these girls get these Mathematical precisions. In our schools and colleges we do drawings only with the help of Scale, Compass, Protractor and measuring machines.
In these kolams, Beauty and Mathematical precision both are seen. From where do we get these?
Even in Caramboard game, there is a kolam in the centre of the Table, that Kolam is drawn with Mathematical Precision, If u can read it with Maths sense, It is TANGENTS, ALL OVER THE BOARD, U HAVE TO CALCULATE IN UR MIND, like how to strike the coin with ur stricker, at which side u shd strike it, and to which pocket ur aiming at. I am again ashamed to tell that I can only admire the Carrom players, It comes to me rarely only, May be I need lot of pracitce.
Kolangal, Not Abhi (devyani story.)
Rangoli and Kolam Girls, U ppl rock, I admire u a lot and wud like to emulate u ppl. Nice, it is.
I have seen a Documentary movie on Kolams and rangolis. Nice one.
Getting up early, putting kolams, what a life. mmm!
I cannot keep dots in a Mathematically straight line. But I have watched girls, ladies and women drawing Big, Big and beautiful kolams. They can keep the dots in a Straight line. No Scale is required. Such a Type of Clarity and strenght of Minds they have. mmm! (Jealousy burns me inside)
One thing that ocuupies me is Rangoli, No dots, only imagination. It can start from a circle or a flower or a square or a triangle. Particularly, North Indian Women Folk are so experts at it.
My Aaya (Grand Mother) who lived in Chenguttai, Kaatpadi wud get up early in the morning like 5.00 am and sprinkle cow dung water on the Vaasal (wat it is called in English,, courtyard) and put small kolam which wud look elegantly beautiful in the white kola maavu powder.
I have seen Brahmins drawing Kolams with Arisi Maavu that is Rice Flour. It becomes food to the ants and it is considered Auspicious.
I am so unhappy that I cannot draw Big kolams and rangolis. Tho, I admire those girls and women folk who draw them, I can promise u Jealousy creeps in into my Heart. What wrong I did that I am not able to draw this, beautiful kolam.
Rangoli requires Color Combinations, Green with Red, Light green with Rose,
The alternative and contrast colors, Actually, Our Kaatpadi women folk are great Interior decorators. Yes, they live in huts and small houses but yet, By Birth,, Mark my words (N s Govindan sir style) Mark my words, they are born Interior decorators. No need for them to pay Course Fee and learn it. God has bestowed them with such knowledge by birth. IN BUILT SYSTEMS THEY ARE.
May it be Sikkal Kolam or May it be Rangoli or May it be normal poo kolam, it needs lot of Calculations and color combinations.
From where do these girls get these Mathematical precisions. In our schools and colleges we do drawings only with the help of Scale, Compass, Protractor and measuring machines.
In these kolams, Beauty and Mathematical precision both are seen. From where do we get these?
Even in Caramboard game, there is a kolam in the centre of the Table, that Kolam is drawn with Mathematical Precision, If u can read it with Maths sense, It is TANGENTS, ALL OVER THE BOARD, U HAVE TO CALCULATE IN UR MIND, like how to strike the coin with ur stricker, at which side u shd strike it, and to which pocket ur aiming at. I am again ashamed to tell that I can only admire the Carrom players, It comes to me rarely only, May be I need lot of pracitce.
Kolangal, Not Abhi (devyani story.)
Rangoli and Kolam Girls, U ppl rock, I admire u a lot and wud like to emulate u ppl. Nice, it is.
I have seen a Documentary movie on Kolams and rangolis. Nice one.
Getting up early, putting kolams, what a life. mmm!
