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Mums and bubs celebrate Diwali at Playgroup!
At the Helana Jones Centre in Brisbane, our mums and bubs celebrated Diwali during playgroup with some Rangoli-inspired art!
Diwali, also known as the ‘festival of light’, celebrates the triumph of light over darkness.
Our mums hadn’t heard of Diwali before but liked the idea of celebrating light over darkness, remembering times that they have overcome darkness in their lives.
It is a colourful celebration, and Rangoli are the colourful designs and patterns made in homes during this time.
Inspired by the Diwa’s or lamps/candles lit during celebrations, we used coloured rice flour and glue to create our own colourful designs.
The children loved painting the glue over their paper and using salt shakers to add the coloured flour.
They made paintings to send home to their siblings and other family members.
Mums made beautiful designs to hang in the bathroom and kitchen at the centre, as well as some to send home to family to show them how much they miss them.
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