Rangoli Patterns

We had an 'India' day today at school. Great fun - the kids got to try out these rangoli and mendhi hand patterns; they cooked and tasted samosas and parathas; they tried on saris; they had visits from an Action Aid worker who told them about daily life in a village called Chembakolli and an ex teacher born and educated in Mumbai!
No requirement to cover India as a contrasting overseas locality in the proposed new national geography curriculum unfortunately.....
:-(