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Now, let’s read the story of Susheela who loves to make kolams.
Susheela lives in Tamil Nadu.
She learnt to draw kolams from
her mother.
Every Pongal, she was allowed to
make one kolam all by herself.
Susheela loved to make kolams!
She drew them on floors and
steps and walls on trains and on
the sides of tall buildings…
...even on kites that skipped in
Kolams are beautiful patterns
made freehand or by joining Just a Minute! the sky.
dots. People decorate the outside Everyone admired Susheela’s kolams!
area of their homes with kolams to
welcome a new day. They are also One day, the Air Force
thought to bring good luck. Tradition- by herself: without
help from anyone else
ally, the powder used to make kolams is asked her to help them skipped: moved lightly
made out of rice flour. make a kolam!
Kolams are also known as Moggu,
Rangoli, Chowkpurna, Alpana and Hase
Chittara. What do you call a kolam in
your mother tongue?
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