London: The Leicester city council in UK
has launched a rangoli competition to design an artwork that
best captures the excitement of Diwali festivities in the
town.
Locals believe that Leicester, which has a large minority
of people of Indian origin, hosts the largest Diwali
festivities outside India.
A rangoli competition has been launched for children
under the age of 16. The winning design will be turned into a
piece of mosaic art by a professional artist, and will be
displayed as part of Diwali celebrations before being put on
permanent show, a city council official said.
The competition is being run by Leicester City Council,
Leicester Belgrave Mela and Alliance & Leicester (Santander),
which is supporting this year's Diwali celebrations.
Leicester City Council's festivals and events manager
Maggie Shutt said: "We're really glad to have Santander and
Alliance & Leicester on board to sponsor Diwali this year, and
it's great that Santander want to support a local community
Rangoli project which encourages creative participation from
young people."
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 17:54