February 12, 2025 • Experts analyzing the painting have several theories about why this unidentified woman has remained submerged for more than a century.

Either way, we can all agree that the highlight of this tradition (other than the cash inside) is admiring the angbao designs. Bonus points if they happen to feature this year’s zodiac animal. So if ...

SO-IL (Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu) is an architectural design firm based in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2008 by Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu. Known for an architecture deeply engaged ...

The harvest festival is also marked by colourful art designs, known as Kolams, made at the front main door of the house, the courtyard, and/or the altar. Kolam is a type of rangoli, a famous folk ...

The celebration of Onam is incomplete without the Pookalam (a flower rangoli). The flowers of different colors are used to decorate the courtyard. The petals are widely used to design rangoli. The ...

The set-up starts on the first day of Onam, and the design grows bigger in size (up to four or five metres!) over the festival period. Traditionally, pookalam is arranged in a circular fashion ...