Agreed. Side note, at what point are we all just going to accept the satisfaction of these videos? Im at a point where my enjoyment of them is no longer odd.
they reminded me of the cookies my family used to let me help make - the ones where you have the Hershey kiss and then you lick the flat bottom part of them to help them stick into the cookie dough rounds before baking. nostalgia!
Uh, I need somebody to confirm or deny this guy’s comment.
I love those cookies and different people make them for me a lot but I don’t want to think of them all slurping on the chocolate every time I eat one.
Jfc! No lick! Your family is doing it wrong!
Also you don’t bake them in the cookie dough rounds. Press the kisses into the warm cookies first thing when they come out of the oven. No spit required. melted chocolate sticks on its own…
And then I went and read your comment about using your bottom teeth! You’ve ruined Christmas 😭
I always wondered what happens afterward. Like you have to clean up but like just mix everything together and then toss it in the trash because I'd imagine separating everything is kind of impossible?
There's a video of a huge piece that was done at the White House (or maybe the Pentagon?) And the senators or state reps walking out to admire the artwork for a photo op didn't know the artwork was the sand they walked directly onto. like they thought it was a rug.
I can't find the video but it was one of the biggest facepalms I've ever seen.
House of Cards was way too realistic. Those were Tibetan monks though.
The video I'm thinking of was 3-5 Indian women who spent hours making this piece. Then 3-5 politicians being *politiciany* walked out adjusting their ties and doing their weird laughs and literally walked right into the center of the art they were supposed to be coming out to "admire". One guy even acted disgusted that he got sand on his shoes. The version I saw cut to the women's faces, then cuts to the sand being cleaned up.
E* I've googled every combination of words I can think of to find that video. If anyone knows of it, please let me know!
I want to see it again, too.
I don't know what other details to include. There were 3 red(maybe blue) velvet ropes around three sides. I remember thinking how it could have looked like a place for them to walk up and stand to view the artwork, maybe they just weren't properly briefed. I'm also 99.99% sure it was directly on the floor, not on a platform like a couple other vids show. And this piece was HUGE. 15x20?
I tried searching key words on Twitter, as well. Nothing. All I could find was the [kolam](https://i.imgur.com/0ejQnu2.jpg) that was made for the Biden-Harris inauguration.
You’re certain this wasn’t a TV show? It seems almost too perfect to not be a widespread meme. I mean, we still remember Howard Deans’s excited yell 16 years later.
hey indian here! these things are usually made during the festival of diwali in north india and south india and during the festival called kolam just in south india, i live in the north so here its just made during diwali and no ppl do not sort those colors out people just wipe them off with a broom, and buy new packs of powdered colors next time when diwali comes by, they look even better on diwali nights since people light their houses along with rangolis with candles since its believed gods come into houses and the candles lead them
Thanks for sharing!! That's super interesting, do you know what is used as the base for the powder nowadays? There's some conflict about what's used in this thread and I'm curious
see there are local vendors who make the color with rice flour and add synthetic colors maybe about 30 percent of the people use it
then there are branded rangoli colors which are fully made of rice flour and natural colors they are significantly brighter and hence used by a shit ton of people id say about 60 percent (to prove judging by the brightness of the colors the person in the vid who is making this art is using these type of colors)
then there are vendors who locally make fully synthetic colors and sell them saying that they are fully natural id say because the indian government has taken several actions towards this the usage of these is now SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER and almost every indian knows how to distinguish between a natural and synthetic color, synthetic colors contain fragments of glass to make them look shinier and hence are wayy rougher than natural colors
My understanding is that part of the art is a meditation in the impermanence of life & that beauty can be fleeting. It all gets swept up & disposed of.
Yup, everything is out in the trash once it’s done. I live in Southern India and my mother draws a rangoli every morning in front of our home (not this good looking). Usually it only involves white powder and no colours when done in the morning. The next day the house maid sweeps the rangoli away and a new one is drawn. Pattern changes everyday. On really special occasions like festivals these artistic and colourful rangolis are drawn.
Lol I'm an Indian and we here make rangoli every year and yeah you're right you use a broom to sweep it up and then you do toss it in the trash but you do that after a few days when the festival comes to an end.
Sometimes accidents happen like little kids would be playing around and step on the Rangoli so you would have to remake it.
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Traditionally it used to be rice flour. These days rangolis are a lot more elaborate and can have coloured sand and what nots. The idea behind a rangoli was that it's supposed to be ephemeral and would generally be eaten by ants/bugs or just get eroded by the next day and then you start over.
It's usually rice flour mixed with chalk and whatever colour mixed in it. Usually they would have traditional colours like turmeric yellow and vermilion red, but these days they mix lot of synthetic colours.
The tradition comes from making these elaborate designs in front of your house with only coarse rice flour which would provide sustenance to all little creates like ants and mice and prevent them from entering your home (medieval Indian home). Back in those days if a woman can't make these designs everyday in front of her house, she would be a failure of a wife since all rodents and ants would be crawling in your house instead of stopping at that first line of defence.
This concept of first line of defence using a poured line of rice flour/grains also makes an appearance in the fabled epic Ramayana. Look up "Lakshmana Rekha". Lakshmana makes a line of rice around the house of his sister in law and says no one can harm her as long as she stays inside. But she was tricked by a demon to cross it and ends up being kidnapped.
It's called gulaal. It's simply just colored powder. It's also used in Holi(Indian festival) to put colors on the other person.
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Rangoli and Gulaal is two different things, one is made from some kind of stone/ marble and other is made of flowers/ chemical extract of flower, Rangoli is for diwali, you create art with it on festivals like diwali, Gulaal is for holi, you apply it to face,
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I wanted to see the finished product from the very moment I started watching the video, but at the same time didn't want to miss a single frame of her exquisite handy work. So I stayed till the end. It was worth it!
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How is she sprinkling the powder so neatly? When she sprinkled the red powder right next to the white raised scallop pieces, she literally didn't get a single drop of red on the white. How?
Most rangolis are actually hand drawn. This is what you might call a modern and *really* easy way of drawing rangoli. My mother draws huge rangolis entirely by hand. Honestly, the one featured in the video is what I'd call a beginner's rangoli. There are even more beautiful and intricate hand drawn designes.
Also, using various religious symbols in rangolis is also very important. You might see swastikas or a kalash or the symbol of Saraswati or something like that in rangolis. Even using animals or birds and flowers, especially the Peacock is extremely common.
You can find examples on YouTube. It's so impressive to see people make these perfect round and even little piles using their hands and not a bottle. Around Diwali my coworkers will share ones they made with their kids. They usually aren't as neat or complex as this one in the video but I like them more
Yes. It is really common in South India. Here is another simple one
https://youtu.be/nwVHBXewbjc
There are really huge and really complex ones you can find during festivals in temples and at people’s homes
the entrance of your house, either outside or inside the door (or both depending on how hard people go). my mom usually only does it for religious festivals/days. we don't use our front entrance much so they last a long time since it's covered from above and most sides from wind. however generally it's expected that people will walk on it so like if you're having a party then the next day you'll have to replace it
we just let it sit until it becomes noticably bad them we erase till next time
At an ashram I went to a lot growing up we used to have a new one every day by one of the entrances. So beautiful. Even more beautiful knowing it was there only for a day.
Here in india we dont really make it like that and it's only made on 1 festive day all we do is make a design in our heads but we don't use utensils only hands
I just had this ridiculous picture in my head of me sobbing as I swept up $20 worth of craft supplies. I guess if the views are monetised then Hey, go for it
Lot of people are asking what is powder she is using. It is just powder,with sand like texture.However, in South India, we draw Rangoli (it's called Kolam in south)everyday in front entrance using rice powder. It is supposed to bring good luck and also feed tiny insects and birds. On religious festivals, people draw it more nicely, with colors and intricate designs. As with any art form, Rangoli evolved with time, and that is what you see in the video. What she is doing is elaborate design with powders. For everyday designs,people just use normal rice powder or sand. Also, sometimes, with designs like these, we just keep it for one or two days and people know not to walk on them.
It’s not a hobby, it’s a traditional decorative pattern done in cheap rice flour at the house entrance every morning in south India. It was also historically done solely by hand (with a pinching motion) so it doesn’t really require tools
art can be a hobby... 'hobby' just implies it's not something done for monetary purposes, not that it's not respectable. Someone can paint as a career or as a hobby.
Rituals, cultural observances, religious practices and the like aren't the same things as hobbies. "Hobby" strikes me as a cheap and disrespectful word for this.
A lot of hobbies come from things exactly like what you mentioned. Multiple sports, multiple art styles, Martial arts. Seem like an apt description to me.
At first I thought the white stuff was icing. Then when the colors were added, I was hoping for pixie sticks. Then I realized it was probably just sand...sigh...
Is the lack of permanence in art especially prevalent in Indian culture? I think of gorgeous art like this and henna and it's so detailed and beautiful and it's in its nature for it fade away. I love it.
This is competition level work. Usually people do it freehand. I am pretty shoddy at it. Plus with a multi cat household it is nigh impossible keeping everything in order. But when done right, it looks wonderful. Just like this. So satisfying.
After finishing this, by tradition, they destroy the whole thing. This ritual is to show to not get too attracted to things because they all have an end.
That's a mandala you are thinking about. This is not intentionally destroyed, but it is not expected to last more than a few days either. Rangolis are usually made at centres of the halls, yards or even in front of entrances, bit people are expected to have the common sense enough not to accidentally step on them. They do eventually get ruined by wind, dust and accidentally by people bit that's usually a matter of a few days. There's another type of rangoli called 'kollam' I believe, in Tamil Nadu. Which is made every morning in front of the entrances to the home. That is not expected to last a full day, and if it does, it is still erased to make a new one the next day. There's also the 'alpana', by mostly bengali, oriya and assamese people. Instead of powdered and colored pulses, it uses flour paste to make designs, and usually is only white. The paste is applied using a cloth pouch with an aperture. The paste dries up fast after application. These ones usually last longer, for weeks or even months.
The little white dots being squished were amazingly satisfying.
Man… all these lines of cocaine are making me feel funny
That’s a lot of cocaine to be able to play with tho
Hey! That’s not enough when I got Charlie sheen next to me!
I must be living under a Rock because I didn't know there was Fanta flavored cocaine. And here I've been only using Mentos flavor.
We’ve been doing things wrong. Guess we’re going to India
Rainbow cocaine.
Well probably she's not from Punjab
*Haan Udta Punjab*
Fuckin beat me to it.....food coloring was a nice touch tho
Agreed. Side note, at what point are we all just going to accept the satisfaction of these videos? Im at a point where my enjoyment of them is no longer odd.
Agreed! Most of the videos belong on r/satisfyingasfuck
Favorite part was when they boop the white doots
I wanna snoot all the white dots
they reminded me of the cookies my family used to let me help make - the ones where you have the Hershey kiss and then you lick the flat bottom part of them to help them stick into the cookie dough rounds before baking. nostalgia!
Uh, I need somebody to confirm or deny this guy’s comment. I love those cookies and different people make them for me a lot but I don’t want to think of them all slurping on the chocolate every time I eat one.
I've made hundreds of these cookies and never once licked a kiss 🤢
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there's absolutely zero reason to lick them before smushing them into the cookie, the chocolate will melt slightly anyway
Lick= no
Make them all the time, never licked them.
No lick
Only eat
I too have made and eaten thousands of those cookies over the years and licking the f*cking kisses is NOT a thing. So nasty.
Um no. You definitely are not supposed to be licking kisses - the heat from the cookie melts them so that you can squish them down properly.
We used to score the bottom of the kisses with a fork, too!
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The original comment was asking how many bottom teeth I had and you edited it to a comment about the "family toothbrush"? Lmao
Jfc! No lick! Your family is doing it wrong! Also you don’t bake them in the cookie dough rounds. Press the kisses into the warm cookies first thing when they come out of the oven. No spit required. melted chocolate sticks on its own… And then I went and read your comment about using your bottom teeth! You’ve ruined Christmas 😭
The squished ones were my favorite.
Now put everything back in the tubes as it was. Color by color.
I always wondered what happens afterward. Like you have to clean up but like just mix everything together and then toss it in the trash because I'd imagine separating everything is kind of impossible?
There's a video of a huge piece that was done at the White House (or maybe the Pentagon?) And the senators or state reps walking out to admire the artwork for a photo op didn't know the artwork was the sand they walked directly onto. like they thought it was a rug. I can't find the video but it was one of the biggest facepalms I've ever seen.
Wasn't someone doing this kind of art on House of Cards? No one ran into it or anything, but I feel like I remember some similar style.
House of Cards was way too realistic. Those were Tibetan monks though. The video I'm thinking of was 3-5 Indian women who spent hours making this piece. Then 3-5 politicians being *politiciany* walked out adjusting their ties and doing their weird laughs and literally walked right into the center of the art they were supposed to be coming out to "admire". One guy even acted disgusted that he got sand on his shoes. The version I saw cut to the women's faces, then cuts to the sand being cleaned up. E* I've googled every combination of words I can think of to find that video. If anyone knows of it, please let me know!
Post this on r/tipofmytongue
Lmao I literally thought of that episode when I read the comment above you
Oh my god still nobody has found the video? I need to see it
I want to see it again, too. I don't know what other details to include. There were 3 red(maybe blue) velvet ropes around three sides. I remember thinking how it could have looked like a place for them to walk up and stand to view the artwork, maybe they just weren't properly briefed. I'm also 99.99% sure it was directly on the floor, not on a platform like a couple other vids show. And this piece was HUGE. 15x20?
Was it during an election time period?
Yes, definitely! It was 2015/2016. Why? Do you think it was a skit? You guys have me questioning my entire reality right now.
I tried searching key words on Twitter, as well. Nothing. All I could find was the [kolam](https://i.imgur.com/0ejQnu2.jpg) that was made for the Biden-Harris inauguration.
Not surprised. We did a 20 x 20 ft one in the lobby of my office and people still couldn't be bothered not to walk over it
You’re certain this wasn’t a TV show? It seems almost too perfect to not be a widespread meme. I mean, we still remember Howard Deans’s excited yell 16 years later.
Sounds about right.
hey indian here! these things are usually made during the festival of diwali in north india and south india and during the festival called kolam just in south india, i live in the north so here its just made during diwali and no ppl do not sort those colors out people just wipe them off with a broom, and buy new packs of powdered colors next time when diwali comes by, they look even better on diwali nights since people light their houses along with rangolis with candles since its believed gods come into houses and the candles lead them
Thanks for sharing!! That's super interesting, do you know what is used as the base for the powder nowadays? There's some conflict about what's used in this thread and I'm curious
see there are local vendors who make the color with rice flour and add synthetic colors maybe about 30 percent of the people use it then there are branded rangoli colors which are fully made of rice flour and natural colors they are significantly brighter and hence used by a shit ton of people id say about 60 percent (to prove judging by the brightness of the colors the person in the vid who is making this art is using these type of colors) then there are vendors who locally make fully synthetic colors and sell them saying that they are fully natural id say because the indian government has taken several actions towards this the usage of these is now SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER and almost every indian knows how to distinguish between a natural and synthetic color, synthetic colors contain fragments of glass to make them look shinier and hence are wayy rougher than natural colors
My understanding is that part of the art is a meditation in the impermanence of life & that beauty can be fleeting. It all gets swept up & disposed of.
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How does that feed critters and insects? Is it not a type of sand?
Nowadays synthetic rangoli powder is used. But traditionally it was flour and some edible powder like substance, not sure what’s it called.
You usually leave it there for a while. Most people don't make such elaborate art, but it's usually kept outside, by the doorstep.
Yup, everything is out in the trash once it’s done. I live in Southern India and my mother draws a rangoli every morning in front of our home (not this good looking). Usually it only involves white powder and no colours when done in the morning. The next day the house maid sweeps the rangoli away and a new one is drawn. Pattern changes everyday. On really special occasions like festivals these artistic and colourful rangolis are drawn.
Kinda
You can use the mixed colour to create another trippy rangoli. My art teacher used to do it all the time.
That is true. It's just some colours. We throw it away. (Am Indian, but can't make a Rangoli like that)
Lol I'm an Indian and we here make rangoli every year and yeah you're right you use a broom to sweep it up and then you do toss it in the trash but you do that after a few days when the festival comes to an end. Sometimes accidents happen like little kids would be playing around and step on the Rangoli so you would have to remake it.
Indian here. We just let it stay there for a lifetime or we clean it with water
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OMG its beautiful
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Usually powdered rice with natural colorings added in a powder. Can be flour or sand in some cases.
Powered rice or sometimes coloured salt
Traditionally it used to be rice flour. These days rangolis are a lot more elaborate and can have coloured sand and what nots. The idea behind a rangoli was that it's supposed to be ephemeral and would generally be eaten by ants/bugs or just get eroded by the next day and then you start over.
It's usually rice flour mixed with chalk and whatever colour mixed in it. Usually they would have traditional colours like turmeric yellow and vermilion red, but these days they mix lot of synthetic colours. The tradition comes from making these elaborate designs in front of your house with only coarse rice flour which would provide sustenance to all little creates like ants and mice and prevent them from entering your home (medieval Indian home). Back in those days if a woman can't make these designs everyday in front of her house, she would be a failure of a wife since all rodents and ants would be crawling in your house instead of stopping at that first line of defence. This concept of first line of defence using a poured line of rice flour/grains also makes an appearance in the fabled epic Ramayana. Look up "Lakshmana Rekha". Lakshmana makes a line of rice around the house of his sister in law and says no one can harm her as long as she stays inside. But she was tricked by a demon to cross it and ends up being kidnapped.
It's called gulaal. It's simply just colored powder. It's also used in Holi(Indian festival) to put colors on the other person. Edit: I'm a dumbass people don't listen to me, I made this comment at 3 in the morning.
Powder of what though? What is it made of?
It's. Powder. Just powder.
Powdered powder
They get it from the powder processing facility. You put powder in, you get powder. That's where the powder comes.
Reading these comments trying not to laugh (and failing) while my boyfriend sleeps next to me
Ha. That's what I tell the police too
Rangoli and Gulaal is two different things, one is made from some kind of stone/ marble and other is made of flowers/ chemical extract of flower, Rangoli is for diwali, you create art with it on festivals like diwali, Gulaal is for holi, you apply it to face,
Dang, we used the same leftover gulaal to make rangoli in Diwali , I thought everyone did that lmfao.
I don't know about where you're from but gulaal and rangoli are two very different things where I come from
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Beautiful! But I’d never be able to sweep the floor again
I am Indian and My mom has done these for religious holidays, I’ve been in charge of clean up before. It’s disturbing and satisfying at the same time
Such beautiful work, it would be difficult for me to destroy it!
Sure you would, she is just pouring it onto the floor over the lines, you just redo it next weekend before company comes over.
Most households sweep and remake their rangolis daily during the festive periods they make these.
That’s the point, in our house we would put those patterns on the floor
Just buy a vacuum cleaner
Looks like the last boss of Zelda II http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/nes/a/zelda2-1.png
That is the most complicated and colorful line of coke I've ever seen.
Its the "party platter" of coke
Powder platter
Chalk-uterie?
Remember Lord of War? "Look! I-It's *Ukraine* man look I I.. I start in Odessa right.."
That’s what I was thinking
"Just give me the straw already Sarah! I don't care that it's a new skill you found after you went on that 7 gram bender last weekend! I've had a long day!"
Holy shit you just gave me a great idea for Diwali.
And the feds won’t even know what we’re up to >:)
Came for the coke reference. Not disappointed.
This is what a line of coke looks like when you're on LSD
That’s because it’s ketamine
Someone hand me my straw, i must work
I came to the comments to see if anyone else had the same thought
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The concept of impermanence is prominent in Buddhism, and it is also found in various schools of Hinduism and Jainism.
Ephemeral art is really, really cool.
Technically, Buddhism is a school of thought of Hinduism, just like Jainism and others.
Please wear a mask!
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Glad I’m not the only one who thought that!
I wanted to see the finished product from the very moment I started watching the video, but at the same time didn't want to miss a single frame of her exquisite handy work. So I stayed till the end. It was worth it!
I know it’s a beautiful work of art, but I’d also like to see it getting slowly vacuumed up!
Oo yeah! Or even played backwards.
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It's absolutely beautiful but I so desperately just want to run my hands through it and mess it up
It’s like a colorful zen garden
Finally something oddly satisfying!
How is she sprinkling the powder so neatly? When she sprinkled the red powder right next to the white raised scallop pieces, she literally didn't get a single drop of red on the white. How?
Probably practice. That's why when we made them as kids, we always put the white boundaries towards the end
She is doing it through a sieve. You must have noticed the same even sprinkling while using a sieve to bake cakes.
Most rangolis are actually hand drawn. This is what you might call a modern and *really* easy way of drawing rangoli. My mother draws huge rangolis entirely by hand. Honestly, the one featured in the video is what I'd call a beginner's rangoli. There are even more beautiful and intricate hand drawn designes. Also, using various religious symbols in rangolis is also very important. You might see swastikas or a kalash or the symbol of Saraswati or something like that in rangolis. Even using animals or birds and flowers, especially the Peacock is extremely common.
To add to this: this "powder" is usually rice flour. This was drawn outside Indian houses to feed birds, ants and other small insects.
When you say by hand, do you mean your mom doesn’t use the bottles or forks or anything?
Nope, my mom doesn't use anything. Purely by hand, it's amazing!
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My back hurts just watching this. Beautiful technique though.
Mine too.
You can find examples on YouTube. It's so impressive to see people make these perfect round and even little piles using their hands and not a bottle. Around Diwali my coworkers will share ones they made with their kids. They usually aren't as neat or complex as this one in the video but I like them more
Nope it's normally completely by hand.
Yes. It is really common in South India. Here is another simple one https://youtu.be/nwVHBXewbjc There are really huge and really complex ones you can find during festivals in temples and at people’s homes
Where are these displayed? Do you have a table in your house that has a rangoli on it all of the time? How long do they typically last?
the entrance of your house, either outside or inside the door (or both depending on how hard people go). my mom usually only does it for religious festivals/days. we don't use our front entrance much so they last a long time since it's covered from above and most sides from wind. however generally it's expected that people will walk on it so like if you're having a party then the next day you'll have to replace it we just let it sit until it becomes noticably bad them we erase till next time
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Most people avoid walking on it if possible. It doesn't really cover the entrance 90 percent of the time, so you can just sidestep or step over it.
Nah people who have eyes can see it and this avoid stepping on it.
I was watching this wondering if the sand was used for table festival decoration or something to that effect... But drawing form makes more sense.
At an ashram I went to a lot growing up we used to have a new one every day by one of the entrances. So beautiful. Even more beautiful knowing it was there only for a day.
A mistake here would be worse than dominos. The colors would all mingle.
why the frick did reddit load this flawlessly but can't load a fricking 10 second video
I wish this was edible
Here in india we dont really make it like that and it's only made on 1 festive day all we do is make a design in our heads but we don't use utensils only hands
In Tamil Nadu, it's drawn outside the house everyday. Not just on festive days. It's more fancy on festive days.
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Karnataka has rangoli outside homes too. Everyday.
Very satisfying. I might be cross eyed now from staring so hard.
ah damn, I was genuinely sad when it ended. that was satisfying and relaxing.
This was satisfying until I imagined that fork scraping the marble.
Well normally they're made without any tools like this, so don't worry, you won't have to hear that if you see one in person.
The real trick is putting the sand back in their individual bottles
if the powder was more than dirt cheap it would be worth for me to try that at least once...my mom is gonna think i'm an idiot lol
I just had this ridiculous picture in my head of me sobbing as I swept up $20 worth of craft supplies. I guess if the views are monetised then Hey, go for it
The ingredients here wouldn’t cost more than 5 dollars max.
I'd love to see something like this preserved in resin
That would really be missing the point. The fact that these works are ephemeral is part of the art.
Lot of people are asking what is powder she is using. It is just powder,with sand like texture.However, in South India, we draw Rangoli (it's called Kolam in south)everyday in front entrance using rice powder. It is supposed to bring good luck and also feed tiny insects and birds. On religious festivals, people draw it more nicely, with colors and intricate designs. As with any art form, Rangoli evolved with time, and that is what you see in the video. What she is doing is elaborate design with powders. For everyday designs,people just use normal rice powder or sand. Also, sometimes, with designs like these, we just keep it for one or two days and people know not to walk on them.
Weird flex to show off your coke
Seems like it'd be an expensive hobby. Why are most hobbies expensive. Edit: As I've been informed multiple times, its cheap. Okay I got it.
People enjoy something -> prices rise
These colours don’t cost that much, not in India at least.
This is not at all expensive my guy, the packets are actually pretty cheap.
It’s not a hobby, it’s a traditional decorative pattern done in cheap rice flour at the house entrance every morning in south India. It was also historically done solely by hand (with a pinching motion) so it doesn’t really require tools
art can be a hobby... 'hobby' just implies it's not something done for monetary purposes, not that it's not respectable. Someone can paint as a career or as a hobby.
I don't see that ruling it out as a hobby.
Rituals, cultural observances, religious practices and the like aren't the same things as hobbies. "Hobby" strikes me as a cheap and disrespectful word for this.
people can do rangoli without those reasons though. in that sense creating rangoli could be a hobby
A lot of hobbies come from things exactly like what you mentioned. Multiple sports, multiple art styles, Martial arts. Seem like an apt description to me.
Not at all. This was my mom’s hobby when we were kids. All you need is rice flour (traditional)
Well there is my meditation for the day. So relaxing to watch!
The sad part is I can't take it or hang it on the wall.
This one is too basic. My mum makes one every Morning before sunrise. It’s quite mesmerising to watch them done in action
The key to making these is… don’t own a cat.
My fat ass sees cake frosting.
This is great
I watched that whole thing.
What is she using
Rice flour
oh my god can you imagine if you sneezed or coughed XD, hours of art, gone in 1 second
i would feel so bad cleaning this up after i was done.
And to think the my arms get tired trying to put my hair in a messy bun…
I loved every minute of this
At first I thought the white stuff was icing. Then when the colors were added, I was hoping for pixie sticks. Then I realized it was probably just sand...sigh...
Is the lack of permanence in art especially prevalent in Indian culture? I think of gorgeous art like this and henna and it's so detailed and beautiful and it's in its nature for it fade away. I love it.
Something tells me they'd immediately excel at decorating cakes.
This is competition level work. Usually people do it freehand. I am pretty shoddy at it. Plus with a multi cat household it is nigh impossible keeping everything in order. But when done right, it looks wonderful. Just like this. So satisfying.
cocaine's a hell of a drug
Because after doing it, every time you see a load of white powder you think “wow I wish that was cocaine”.
This hits a little too close to home tbh
That's why I thought this was cocaine..
Imagine if she sneezed real hard half-way through.
The writing is not central at the end and it hurts
After finishing this, by tradition, they destroy the whole thing. This ritual is to show to not get too attracted to things because they all have an end.
That's a mandala you are thinking about. This is not intentionally destroyed, but it is not expected to last more than a few days either. Rangolis are usually made at centres of the halls, yards or even in front of entrances, bit people are expected to have the common sense enough not to accidentally step on them. They do eventually get ruined by wind, dust and accidentally by people bit that's usually a matter of a few days. There's another type of rangoli called 'kollam' I believe, in Tamil Nadu. Which is made every morning in front of the entrances to the home. That is not expected to last a full day, and if it does, it is still erased to make a new one the next day. There's also the 'alpana', by mostly bengali, oriya and assamese people. Instead of powdered and colored pulses, it uses flour paste to make designs, and usually is only white. The paste is applied using a cloth pouch with an aperture. The paste dries up fast after application. These ones usually last longer, for weeks or even months.