The first rangoli above has six birds around a six petal flower. The floral patterns between any two birds can be considered to represent the tails. If we add a few lines of the head , the crest is displayed.
The pic above shows four "swans" swimming in water. The central square with petals inside with semi circular patterns on all four sides - I have used them in quite a few free hand rangoli designs. I sprinkled a few colours here and there. I did not fill the colours.We all know that Women's Day is celebrated on 8th of March every year. Since this blog is primarily on rangoli designs, I use the same theme to give ideas on how to celebrate Women's Day with rangoli . In my opinion there is a lot of common between Women's Day and birds. Birds represent freedom, peace , liberty. They may also stand for grace, strength, patience and love. Obviously all these qualities are found in women. So I thought birds rangoli would be a suitable theme for celebrating this occasion. This post is also a tribute to the millions of women who every day early in the morning, at dawn , draw at least a simple kolam at the entrance of their homes despite the hectic schedules they have day in and day out - as a home maker or as a working woman 🙏🙏