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Easy rangoli designs - beginners

30+ rangoli kolam simple designs  Though I have drawn all the designs myself personally I am thankful to my family for the inputs, information and help in drafting all the posts so far.  I have used the terms kolam  rangoli quite freely in all the posts. Probably there would have been differences based on classical (!) explanations in the past but today kolams can also be colourful like rangolis both in the free hand and dots type  I find that even the terms rangoli kolam and kolam rangoli are used at  present. The only area where I think kolam are different are in sikku kolam and arisi maavu kolam. Both are beautiful, challenging and can be intricate. Rangoli is muggulu in Telugu and so this post will be useful for those in search of small and simple muggulu for beginners.  This post   may have answers  kutty rangoli /kolam designs The rangoli in the image below is one of the basic designs that can be used for learning.   Form a star w...

( Tanjore )Thanjavur Marathi songs lullabies

    Thanjavur Marathi as it is called has its own vocabulary, probably because Maharastrians who travelled from Maharastra to Thanjavur a few centuries back  retained the vocabulary of those times because they were cut off from the "main land "  Add to this the influence of the local culture, Tamil language ,  it has evolved beautifully . Thanjavur Marathi songs, particularly lullabies for children are very simple , easy to sing.   My mother-in-law sang many songs for her  children , her grand children.  Some of the songs have been presented  as videos on my YouTube Channel. Lullabies for babies / infants The first lullaby goes like this The mother requests the cow to give some  milk and repeats the request after every stanza, addressing the baby by her  / his name repeatedly. In the first stanza she addresses the baby by his / her name ( repeats it in every stanza  ) .  She describes him / her as a gold ornament . ...