Write 10 lines about the cultural aspect of a alpana design.
Alpana also is known as Alpona is a practice done in Mithila region of the state Bengal on their auspicious occasions. It is the art of decorating floors and is done by using a paste made by rice flour. It is designed beautifully by women during the days of auspicious functions or religious cultures in front of their households in Bengal. They are crafted on the ground by utilising a small piece of cloth wrapped around a finger which is soaked in a thin paste of grounded rice mixed with water. These drawings are related with certain rites performed exclusively by matrons or Nari vrata and virgin’s kumari vrata or by priests on behalf of women or Rashtriya vrata. Vratas are the rites performed for the realisation of blessings and good wishes and are performed according to norms and directions transmitted from generation to generation not confined to any religious cultures or special sections.
