Our job was to decorate the stage for the closing ceremony of pesta kolam and also cleaned and prepared the are where the 'Kolam drawing' competition would be held.
Actually, i did nt know what is KOLAM at first, my main objective was just to collect merit ( not only me, most of them oso). I was quite sure most of the non-indian wondering what is " KOLAM".
I just found some information from google, i hope it can give those who do not hv a single idea about this special indian culture a general picture .
Kolam - The Traditional Floor Drawing of South India
By Rmnathan
Overview
Kolam is a drawing generally drawn at the entrance of a house or any other building. This is a very old practice in South India. Dried rice flour or other types of wkite powders are used for drawing kolams. Although there are numerous traditional kolams patterns and lot more can be created depending on the creativity of the person who draws it, it is not drawn like a picture. Patterns are created based on certain systems. Drawing Kolam is practiced by women. Generally women get up early in the morning and clean the area just outside the entranes of their houses, sprinkle the area with water and draw the kolam by dropping the loose dried flour in a controlled way through their forefinger and the thumb.
Mostly the kolam patterns are created based on dots arranged in different types of grid patterns. However, many non-dot based kolam patterns also are available.
Purpose of Kolam Drawing
Purpose of kolams are not merely decorative. Kolam drawing has several social, spiritual andsymbolic meanings attached to it. Those who practice this believe that drawing kolam purify the entrance space and this in turn will invite the goddess of wealth Laxmi to enter the house. This they beleive would give the inmates all wealth and prosperity.
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