What was your first rangoli(without taking any help)?..share your story :-)

Hi All Ladies,:hiya

Many of us would have started to draw a star/4 lines(mostly curvy) at our doorstep and would have considered that as our biggest contribution/achievement when we were in school/college/after marriage(for people like me ;-)) ...we would have wasted cups and cups of rangoli powder in an attempt to make a so called perfect star/round/4 straight lines...and ofcourse boast in the neighbourhood/school everywhere for a month...:rotfl

so what was your first kolam ?and incase you have a pic of it,please share here ..even if you dont have,and find a similar one,you can paste that too..

and ofcourse in case you remember any funny incident associated with it,please share that too... ;-)

Ofcourse its a must to mention the number of cups of kolam/rangoli powder you used...the number of times you redrew the small pattern,the number of hours(;-)) you spent to draw that and number of people you boasted ...and ofcourse how was your kolam/rangoli??
hehe

Please come and share your story ....

let me start...its not a cute story,a little tough tension filled story ;-)

For me,i never had the interest towards drawing a kolam..not even a star...all through the month of margazhi,i used to sleep when my younger sister used to wake up and draw/help my mom in making beautiful patterns...i would wake up to help only when i dont get the sleep :crazy: and moreover i like to only do the colouring part(easier than making lines ,to escape from getting mocked)

basically i dont remember what was my first childhood kolam(that too without taking help from my mom),so i ll mention my first kolam after marraige..

my mil is very good in making kolams...she has the habit of making kolams both during morning as well as in the evening time...the place where they lived had many houses nearby and its like they have been there for more than 15 years now and all know how good my mil makes kolam

first day after marriage,morning woke up late,thankgod ...good she already made the kolam
evening,suddenly she said"can you draw a kolam..i have already cleaned the floor"....i was like :spin but couldnt do anything as few relatives were nearby...i immediately went out and bent and tried to think what to draw...i was so scared and my hands/feet were literally shivering..my first impression(small one though) in front of relatives...i really wished the rain pours down at that second and keeps pouring for another 2 hours..:hide: but varuna bagwan(rain god) dint listen to my prayer ...grrrrrr...i stood there literally for more than 2 min to decide what to draw...after loads of thinking,drew a small star and decoreated(its no decoration,trying to merge my defects) and ran inside the house before the neighbours could comment...
oh god..that was really horrifying..after that i had shifts in my office,early morning or evening..so thank god,i never drew kolam in that house after that..hehehe..


okay ladies ,now its your turn ;-)

small rangoli/big rangoli,just doesnt matter...just share about your first rangoli that you drew without taking any help....

 

thanks a lot AS1982 for your first feedback and likes.. Bow
thats nice to know that you could draw kolams from your young age
picture of my kolam,hehehe...i was shivering..i just wanted to run inside the house,no idea of taking pic and all..hehehe

 

hey priesh,
thanks for sharing your first rangoli mini story

 

Dear Cutemonster,
It is wonderful of you to learn and ofcourse practise kolam for the sake of your DH and his family...hats off to you for that
i loved your post,seriously...
the efforts you took to make rangoli for the festival(pongal),is really great,,.....

flaw/flawless...small/big doesnt matter,,,it is only the effort that matters....

fantastic,fantabulous...am impresessed
am sure all in your family(DH side) would have been proud of you for this effort!!!!!

BTW,the seive kind of pattern that you were talking about,nowadays many south indians do have that....not the younger generations alone(as many people would blame them for being lazy to draw kolams),even the older generations because of that pattern that comes in that seive..it looks cute especially for the border....you can buy one ;-)

 

thats really sweet cutemonster ;-)

 

Hi Ladies,

I am sure many of you would remmeber your first kolam...why is that no one is posting??