Projek Sivik : KOLAM

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By: Kristy Anne Nunis

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Kristy Anne Nunis:

Have you ever heard of "Kolam"?  

Well, not Kolam (Pond) in Malay...

I meant Kolam கோலம் (Tamil)

If you're an Malaysian, i'm sure you are familiar with it. 

Kolam is some sort of a "sand-painting", drawn using colored rice.

Mostly drawn by Women before festivals such as Deepavali (Light Festival).

Easy steps to make your own Kolam

1. Make sure you have colored rice or rice powder

 (Above: Examples of 6 different packets of colorful rice for the Kolam)

 2. Get a paper and a bottle of glue ready 

(if you want to paste it onto a paper instead of the ground)

3. Draw your own design using a pencil either on a paper or the ground

(You may refer to this website to view several meaningful designs.)

4. If you want to glue it onto the paper, you may apply some glue on the paper.

5. Start to put the colored rice onto your drawings.

(Make sure it's the right color)

6. It's best if you start from the center.

Here is how we did it...
(special thanks to Pn. Nazlia)

(Above: Photo of my friends planning and drawing the Kolam)

(Above: They start from the middle, the flower )

(Above: Wow, gotta be careful....)

(Above: 1 Malaysia spirit !)

(Above: extra decorations :D...the kolam is almost done )

(Above: Now...for the final touch and...)

(Taa Daa ! a simple yet meaningful kolam is born !)

(Above taken by Khor : "Nothing like rice and sunshine")


Thanks for reading :D