Page 24 - Spider Magazine for Kids (January 2020)

Powder Art

by Viji K. Chary

E VERY JANUARY IN Chennai,

India, a street is cleared. Blockades

are set up on both sides. Women

of all ages are ready for the big

competition: the kolam contest.

A kolam is a design that is drawn

every morning on the floor of Hindu

homes, usually at the entrance. The

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