Suzhi kolam on Supadi !

Suzhi kolam is a traditional South Indian rangoli (using rice flour) wherein curved loops are drawn around dots. Supadi, in Marathi, is a sieve. I tried combining these two in this decorative piece to bring a village flavour in our urban home. There are lot of reasons (psychological, religious, scientific) for making kolams/rangolis at the house entrances, theories like the sight of them bringing positive energy, the kolams feeding small insects like the ant (as the kolams are made using rice flour ), welcoming gods/goddesses, they being a good exercise for women early in the morning… I do it for a very simple reason , to maintain our tradition 🙂

When I make these kolams, Akshara likes to try her hand too and hence I believe there is no reason for this tradition to fade away. An interesting fact about the suzhi kolam (aka sikkal kolam ) is that it’s complicated patterns help to improve the problem solving skills. So, it is believed that a woman doing a rangoli at dawn is all set to handle any type of task that comes her way during the day.

And if you are the jugaad kind, you can always ask your husband to stand beside you and fan the supadi!