Click to play videoJaipur: Alsisar Haveli in Jaipur has seen well over 150 Diwali celebrations.
As the women in the Haveli add colour to their Diwali celebrations with the age-old tradition of making rangolis, their effortlessness at the task should not be mistaken for it being simple!
“This isn't all that simple really!” says Krishna, a resident of Jaipur.
These traditional motifs are an inseparable part of the festival of lights. Even the kids try their hands at it and just minutes later switch loyalties from crackers to colours.
“I've just made a rangoli which is so much more fun than crackers,” says Ahanna, another resident.
But what's the idea behind using the earthy red of geru and the white of the khadiya?
“White stands for purity and red is our sacred color. But when I got married and I saw my sisters in law doing Rangolis I felt scared. I felt will I ever be able to do it. But then I learnt to make it and now I am an expert,” says Manju Kanwar, a resident of Jaipur.
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