This 1,800-piece crowdsourced art project for Kamala Harris honors her Indian heritage
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President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will soon receive a traditional South Indian welcome at the U.S. Capitol with a kolam, an art form that is used as a sign of welcome and new beginnings.Courtesy of Ed Wondoloski /
As Vice President Kamala Harris took office this week, many people in the Bay Area and across the country celebrated by collectively creating a kolam, a traditional South Indian art form used as a sign of welcome and new beginnings.
Harris, an East Bay Area native, is the first woman of Black and South Asian descent to hold the vice presidency. The artwork honoring her Indian heritage, consisting of hundreds of pieces submitted by the public, was part of the digital inaugural ceremonies for Harris and President Biden on Wednesday.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are about to receive an Indian-style welcome to Washington, D.C.
A group of volunteers are putting together a kolam, a traditional South Indian art form used as a sign of welcome, in the nation s capital in honor of the incoming president and vice president. Using 1,800 pieces submitted from the public, the volunteers are assembling a kolam of over 2,500 square feet.
A traditional kolam is comprised of a grid of dots that is drawn using powdered rice or rock powder in front of houses on the floor, and a line that goes around these dots, explains Shanthi Chandrasekar, the artist behind the project.