ART MAGNETS
These magnets represent traditions of two different cultures in one picture.
These were made as gifts for relatives and friends on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival.
Haldi Kumkum ceremony is a part of Sankranti festival. It is a social gathering in India in which married women exchange haldi (turmeric) and kumkum (vermilion powder), as a symbol of their married status and wishing for their husbands' long lives.
These magnets represent traditions of two different cultures in one picture.
These were made as gifts for relatives and friends on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival.
Haldi Kumkum ceremony is a part of Sankranti festival. It is a social gathering in India in which married women exchange haldi (turmeric) and kumkum (vermilion powder), as a symbol of their married status and wishing for their husbands' long lives.
The ceremony is particularly popular in the western Indian states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Goa. Married women invite friends, relatives and new acquaintances to meet in an atmosphere of merriment and fun. On such occasions, the hostess distributes bangles, sweets, small novelties, flowers, betel leaves and nuts as well as coconuts.