Kolam is an Indian cultural and traditional floor art or drawing that is drawn at the threshold of various houses by using the following materials.
Drawing materials
fine rice flour
fine wheat floor
chalk
chalk powder
rock powder
synthetic coloured powders
Characteristics
The floor art of Kolam has the following characteristics
Free hand simple geometric line drawing considered culturally auspicious decorated with festive symbols
Line drawing of geometric shapes decorated with religious motifs, cultural signs and nature's symbols
Simple or complex line drawing with curved loops drawn around a dot-grid or dot-pattern
Drawing surface Water-clean even surface at the threshold of a building
Even surface waxed with cow-dung and mud mixture freshly prepared every day
Coloured cemented surface created for kolam as a modern variation
Drawing surface is kept damp while drawing kolam so that it can hold to the surface at least for a few hours
Example of Kolam line drawing
Inset micro-video shows a geometric line-drawing based kolam design signifying flame of an earthen lamp
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