Rajasthan has succeeded in preserving its cultural identity even today. Art of embellishing the mud house with beautiful Manadana paintings is one such form of art which is done on the mud walls of houses and traditionally, colored glass, beads, mirrors and stones are also used to decorate these paintings.Mandana is a Rajasthani folk art of making Rangoli on festivals, wedding and other celebrations in home. The exteriors are decorated with traditional lime-paste “MANDANA” or rice-flour patterns which are almost redone daily by women from the village. The walls of floors are first covered with a mixture of red clay and cow dung. Then the images are painted on with white chalk, sometimes along with red ochre, using brushes made from local bamboo. Predominantly women have honed their Mandana painting skills. They are highly skilled & well educated in terms of their long & rich experiences. Shapes like squares, circles, triangles and the likes become the alphabets for an exercise in picture writing.
And ask them -what is the reason of these beautiful creations...you will get a quick & spontaneous response “Chokha Lage Che” (i.e. it feels good to make them)
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