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Close overhead photo of a hand pressing red powder into a white chalk-outlined rangoli design on a concrete floor. Only a child's hand is visible, fingers spread over the red and pink powder, with a small bowl of red powder at upper right. Scattered powder covers the floor around the pattern.

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A close overhead photo of a hand sprinkling blue powder into a floor rangoli-style design drawn in white chalk outlines and filled with red and orange powder. A small cup of blue powder sits at the lower left and a cup of red powder at the upper right on a concrete floor. Only a forearm and hand are visible, so no full person is shown.2012-05-02May 02 20122012-05-02May 02 20122012-05-02May 02 20122012-05-02Close overhead photo of a rangoli being made on a brown floor. A white chalk outline of a star-like lotus design with wavy petals is filled with coloured powders: yellow, brick red and green at the centre. Two hands, one at upper left and one at upper right, reach toward the design. Two white paper cups holding blue and brown powder sit on the floor, with a small yellow powder packet at the top. No other physical people are visible.2012-05-02Close-up photograph of a floor kolam drawn in white chalk or powder lines on a brown stone or earthen floor. Pink and magenta powder heaps sit within the outlined pattern, and a small cream-coloured object lies on the right. A lotus-like flower motif is drawn near the bottom centre. No people are visible in the frame.2012-05-02May 02 20122012-05-02May 02 20122012-05-02May 02 20122012-05-02May 02 20122012-05-02A close overhead photo of a floor kolam: white chalk outlines of large petal and leaf shapes on a brown ground, with a pink powder-filled flower of seven petals at the centre. A human hand with fingers spread enters from the left edge.2012-05-02Close overhead photo of a rangoli being drawn on a concrete floor. A bare foot is at top left and a hand with fingers spread reaches toward the design. White chalk outlines a large flower with scalloped petals and a central circle, with radiating lines. Green powder fills some petals, and small paper cups of coloured powder sit at the top and bottom edges. No faces are visible, and no one can be identified.2012-05-02