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23 October 2008, 9:21 am (Thu)

Deepavali - Kolam

Deepavali fall on this Sunday. Another long weekend to Malaysian & S’porean cos Monday will be replacement day. Hurray ! emoticon

I Indian neighbour already in full preparation to welcome this year celebration. They did some painting on the house and those religion related stuffs already hang up.

As for me, I know the day is here soon when I found Kolam (the floor art I put up below) lay on the main entrance of shopping mall everywhere in the city. Below were the first Kolam I bump into this year.

Do you like the Peacock ? Very nice color combination rigth ?

How about the lamp below ? To those who not familiar with Indian culture… do you have any idea how the artist put up this nice art ?

Maybe by showing you the material used to form this art piece will help. If I am not mistaken, the artist add in varios type of color on the broken rice. They sat on the floor and slowly form the art using their creative mind and gentle hand.

Oh ya… maybe some of you want to know more about what is Deepavali right ? I extract below explaination from website which define quick clearly about this festival. emoticon

Diwali, also called Deepavali, is a major Indian festival that is very significant in Hinduism. Known as the "Festival of Lights," it symbolizes the victory of good over evil, and lamps are lit as a sign of celebration and hope for humankind. Celebrations focus on lights and lamps, particularly traditional dīpa or deeya (earthen lamp, as illustrated). Fireworks are associated with the festival. Diwali is a colloquial name used in North India, while the festival is formally called Deepavali in South India.






















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