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Happy New Year Kolam

Published 31 December 2007 Art & Culture , India 3 Comments
Tags: Happy New Year, Kolam, Pondicherry

Happy New Year Kolam

3 Responses to “Happy New Year Kolam”

1 millyonair 12 January 2008 at 1:38 am

Wow! This is so cool! I didn’t know what a kolam is, so I looked it up and now I think it’s pretty much the coolest thing I’ve heard about. Wikipedia says the women make one every morning on the thresholds of their homes. Is that true? I think that’s great!

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2 mbjesq 12 January 2008 at 2:34 am

Ours was made by Selvi, one of the wonderful “beautifiers” of Shuddham, who collect trash and sweep the streets in our Pondicherry neighborhood.

There is quite an ironic disconnect between the meanings we give to the word “class”. I challenge anyone to find a more graceful, talented, intelligent — “classy” — woman than Selvi.

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3 megala 18 October 2009 at 11:51 pm

I WANT HOW MANY DOTS INTHAT NEWYEAR KOLAM

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