School Celebrates Navratri with Handmade Kolu

Velammal Matriculation School at Mogappair began its Maha Kolu with ‘Edible Glamour’, an exhibition of vegetable carving done by the students.
School Celebrates Navratri with Handmade Kolu

CHENNAI: As the city gears up for Navratri and we see the appearance of shops selling kolu dolls, here is a school that celebrates the festival in a different way – with nutrition charts and vegetable carving. Velammal Matriculation School at Mogappair began its Maha Kolu with ‘Edible Glamour’, an exhibition of vegetable carving done by the students.

The exhibition saw a variety of around 150 models – birds, animals and gods carved out of cucumber, cabbage and pumpkin. The models were made by students from the fine arts club of the school after a three-day training workshop held on the campus. Along with models like Lord Ganesha playing the veena and the tabla, there was a display of different kinds of food with their nutritional value, and murals to show how a healthy diet helped the body.

“We always try to make our Navratri different as the children see the doll displays at home and in other places. One year we had a human kolu where the children dressed up in different costumes, another year the children put up a display with clay dolls that they had made,” says the principal, Y Hemalatha.

The function was inaugurated by A S Arunachalam, General Manager South Zone, Food Corporation of India. Arunachalam appreciated the students’ efforts and encouraged them to follow a junk-food free diet for better health.

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