How to teach children on culture Diversity?

Team work!

Children learned to decorate the Kolam.

Selecting the colour to use!

Preparing the material for Kolam making

Respect for and appreciation of racial and cultural diversity is and has always been extremely important to all of us as Malaysian. How and when to educate children on culture diversity? Cultural diversity is an important concept to grasp during childhood. Understanding that people are not all the same will enable children to embrace and value the things that make each person or group of people different. Children notice differences, and taking time to teach what is important to each culture can help foster acceptance and understanding.

Deepavali celebration is the best time to educate our children on Indian culture! By letting the children to experience themselves, they will understand better! With this objective in mind , QQ teacher has arrange a special lesson to teach children Indian culture including their food, costume, what they do during Deepavali! In order for them to experience this special day, all children and teachers were wearing Indian Costume, tried Indian food such as muruku, tosei etc. Most interesting part is decorate the kolam in front of our school!

All children have great experience and understand more about Indian culture and their Indian friend!

The Floor Decoration - Kolam

In Tamil language, the word kolam means beauty; it is a common routine with full of grace to make the home a sacred place. The female members of the house regularly draw Kolam designs in front of their homes, by using rice powder. These kolam drawings are starting with a certain number pattern of dots and curly lines going around these dots. Most of these are finished with a single line going in a stylish but zig-zag away around the entire set of dots. Everyday kolams are naturally white, an indication of purity. On exceptional or festive occasions, kolams become very rich and multicolored. The insertion of yellow (turmeric powder) in a kolam stands for prosperity.
In a Tamil home, it is believed that Kolam design bestows prosperity and success. Kolams may be connected to the earth, the stars or special festivities, but they are first and foremost a willful offering to Mother Earth. Kolam is measured as an important form of artistic manifestation of Tamil Nadu. Definitely, the kolam can be called a most important part of Tamil culture.