Rangoli

Rangoli:

Rangoli is an art drawn in front of the houses. It has its own importance traditionally. This is mostly followed in South India. It is called Rangavalli i.e., Rang – colors and avalli – colored creepers and also Rang + avalli – a row of colors”. Daily in the mornings we could observe that all the ladies drawing rangolis in front of their houses which is considered to be the good luck. This is actually drawn for Goddess Lakshmi like a symbol welcoming her to their homes. Rangoli plays an important role in all the occasions like marriages and festivals. Rangoli is also known as muggu in telugu, kollam in Malayalam. In kerala, we have festival basing rangoli.

Cultural Importance:

Usually, it is believed that a rangoli has to be drawn in front of the house before the males in that house crosses the home. In Andhra, at the time pongal festival, all ladies draw a rangoli and dances rotating around it by singing songs and they place a piece of cow dung decorated with a flower in the middle and place it at the centre of rangoli namely called Gobbemma.

 

Interesting Facts:

• Rangoli brings welfare to the family or home by eradicating the evil forces without attacking. The lines drawn are considered as the fear to evils that is why most of the rangolis has a design of star. A dot of rangoli has got a capability of changing negative thoughts to positive thoughts.
• The tribes of Amazon forest in Africa will draw a design which is similar to Rangoli in the hunting area. Animals get attracted to the design and become prey. This ritualistic tradition in Africa that they kill animals which they come to them, they won't hurt the animals.

Scientific Reasons:

• The rounded design of rangoli creates a positive energy in the humans bringing down their negative energy levels. The atmosphere has got both positive and negative energies. We usually advise everyone to think positive as we invite positivity in our nature thinking constructively and we will be optimistic.
• Rangoli usually attracts the first sight of a visitor to the home, so we draw complex designs of rangoli as it is usual and so the negative energies get struck in that complexity and fail entering the house. By this lives become prosperous.
• Human senses created in way that if they experience any good thing there body starts to vibrate positively and eliminates negative energy. Need proof? check the feelings of people who went to religious place and check the people who went to graveyard. The design patterns without any sharp edges will calm the mind and gives peace by generating positive energy. People feel good before entering a house and exit good after leaving the house.
• A rangoli should be mainly drawn using rice flour as it is also considered as a food offered to all the insects. These creatures will satisfy to the food which was offered in front of home and they will not enter into home. The colors used in rangoli will create centrifugal force for dispelling negative thoughts. Now-a-days, the rangoli is drawn using different colors but in our olden days there are only two colors used in rangoli i.e., the white color of rice flour and the red color of brick powder which makes the epic centre for positive energy.