Rangoli Patterns
Rangoli designs are painted or created out of coloured sand or rice powder. They are placed outside the door of the house at Diwali as a welcome sign to visitors. They are usually based on symmetrical patterns, or they could be pictures eg Gods, Godesses, Divas. |
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Make your own Rangoli patterns
- Patterns could be drawn in the playground using coloured chalks.
- Pupils could design patterns themselves on graph paper or computer.
- There is scope for links with mathematics on scaling and symmetry.
- Download some example patterns to colour.