I'd once seen those bright patterns on a hall table of a friend's household. I can't even remember why I was there, it was a lifetime ago and we lived in the Middle East.
The other day I saw some of these
stencils while I was out shopping and they brought back sixty-year-old memories of that table. When I saw them I knew. They were similar patterns. And there were some words I could track down: Rangoli Stencils.
And what was Rangoli? According to Wikipedia, it was the creation of art using the powdered colours that get thrown around for festivals, but these decorations were commonplace home decoration back in the 60s - and I also realised that the friend's mother must have used some similar stencils and made a large portion of the designs by manually powdering just like in this video.
Or like this video. Beware - I couldn't stop watching. It's beautiful and a bit hypnotic. Lastly, if you're adventurous and have a steady hand, there's this method. It's a lot of work and I can now understand why we weren't allowed to do anything that might disturb the rangoli.
Anywhow - long story short, I bought that pack of stencils and brought them back for my wife, who's already made plans for using them in a different setting, but I hope she enjoys seeing Rangoli done using similar stencils. Hope you enjoy them, lovely partner.
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