(classical music) (classical music) - Hi, I am Devanshi Patel.

This is rangoli art.

Rangoli art is basically a sand art.

If you wanna translate it, rangoli translates into the sand art.

(classical music) We do it traditionally, especially during the Diwali festival time.

In India, they do it in front of their house, just brings that Indian culture.

It could be anything, like anything you want, intricate design or detailed design or just like a flower or anything, but it's made out of sand with hands and some of the tools, and it's not supposed to be permanent.

(classical music) Some people would do it during wedding times.

Some people would just do it other festival times, and in some houses it's done daily, like every day a new one.

Even if it's a small one, everyday new one.

Certain elements signifies things, like I said, I would do Ram or Sita and stuff, or like maybe lotus.

It's very traditional to do lotus because it's seen in a lot of God and goddesses.

It's very pure.

(classical music) It requires a lot of focus, attention, where the lines are going and everything.

It's meditative for a lot of people.

The more you do it, the more you get hang of how to use the sand.

The more you do it, the better technique you find to do certain things.

(classical music) They absolutely love it and they're always amazed.

Every year that I do, they're always surprised and amazed with the details and the artwork.

They want me to make it permanent and I would not.

I let nature erase it and then just pick it up.

But it's not supposed to be permanent for a reason because it kind of teaches us the value that no matter how beautiful something is in life and nothing is permanent.

So it's just like you make something very beautiful, but don't be attached to it.

It teaches us detachment.

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