Festivals, Occasions, and Celebrations explores Indian folk and festive visual arts traditions that light up homes and neighbourhoods throughout the year. Students draw floor and wall designs (rangoli, alpana, kolam, mandana), string flower garlands and mango-leaf torans, fold paper lanterns (akash kandil), mould clay diyas and craft eco-friendly jewellery from seeds, paper and beads.
What Class 3 Arts Chapter 5 Covers
Activity 1 (Floor and Wall Designs): Drawing traditional rangoli, kolam, alpana, muggu, aripana and chowkpurana patterns
Activity 2 (Flowers Sing on the String): Making festive flower garlands (mala) and doorway hangings (toran / bandhanwar)
Activities 3–4 (Paper Lanterns & Clay Lamps): Folding colourful paper lanterns and shaping/painting clay diyas
Activity 5 (Make Jewellery): Crafting necklaces, crowns and bangles using paper, clay beads, leaves and flowers
Exercises in Chapter 5
- Activities 1–2 (Pages 36–38): Draw a traditional floor or wall design practised at home and make a flower/leaf toran.
- Activities 3–5 (Pages 39–40): Create a cut-and-fold paper lantern, mould a clay diya and designhandmade festive jewellery.
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FAQ
What are floor designs called in different parts of India?
They are called Rangoli in Maharashtra and North India, Kolam in Tamil Nadu, Alpana in Bengal, Muggu in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and Mandana in Rajasthan.
What materials are used to make traditional doorway torans?
Fresh marigold and jasmine flowers, mango or ashoka leaves, coloured cloth, beads and recycled paper.