NCERT Textbook: Festivals, Occasions, and Celebrations | Arts for Class 3 (Bansuri - 1) PDF Download

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We celebrate a variety of 
festivals and occasions 
throughout the year. 
This lights up our 
hearts and our homes. 
We express this joy in 
many ways. It includes 
food, home decoration, 
music, dance, special 
festive dresses, and 
people coming together. 
By the end of this chapter, 
you will get familiar with a 
few visual arts traditions, that 
create a festive environment. 
These include ??oor and wall 
designs, garlands, torans, and 
lanterns. In this chapter, you 
will do activities related to local 
art traditions practised in your 
homes and in the neighbouring 
communities. 
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We celebrate a variety of 
festivals and occasions 
throughout the year. 
This lights up our 
hearts and our homes. 
We express this joy in 
many ways. It includes 
food, home decoration, 
music, dance, special 
festive dresses, and 
people coming together. 
By the end of this chapter, 
you will get familiar with a 
few visual arts traditions, that 
create a festive environment. 
These include ??oor and wall 
designs, garlands, torans, and 
lanterns. In this chapter, you 
will do activities related to local 
art traditions practised in your 
homes and in the neighbouring 
communities. 
5    FESTIVALS, OCCASIONS, AND CELEBRATIONS
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Have you seen a design made on the  
??oor or the walls? Where did you see it? 
When do we decorate our ??oors or walls?
Make a ??oor design in the space below.
ACTIVITy 1    Floor and Wall Designs 
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We celebrate a variety of 
festivals and occasions 
throughout the year. 
This lights up our 
hearts and our homes. 
We express this joy in 
many ways. It includes 
food, home decoration, 
music, dance, special 
festive dresses, and 
people coming together. 
By the end of this chapter, 
you will get familiar with a 
few visual arts traditions, that 
create a festive environment. 
These include ??oor and wall 
designs, garlands, torans, and 
lanterns. In this chapter, you 
will do activities related to local 
art traditions practised in your 
homes and in the neighbouring 
communities. 
5    FESTIVALS, OCCASIONS, AND CELEBRATIONS
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Have you seen a design made on the  
??oor or the walls? Where did you see it? 
When do we decorate our ??oors or walls?
Make a ??oor design in the space below.
ACTIVITy 1    Floor and Wall Designs 
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Rangolis can also 
be made using dots 
and lines. 
See the samples 
and create your 
own patterns by 
joining the dots. 
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We celebrate a variety of 
festivals and occasions 
throughout the year. 
This lights up our 
hearts and our homes. 
We express this joy in 
many ways. It includes 
food, home decoration, 
music, dance, special 
festive dresses, and 
people coming together. 
By the end of this chapter, 
you will get familiar with a 
few visual arts traditions, that 
create a festive environment. 
These include ??oor and wall 
designs, garlands, torans, and 
lanterns. In this chapter, you 
will do activities related to local 
art traditions practised in your 
homes and in the neighbouring 
communities. 
5    FESTIVALS, OCCASIONS, AND CELEBRATIONS
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Have you seen a design made on the  
??oor or the walls? Where did you see it? 
When do we decorate our ??oors or walls?
Make a ??oor design in the space below.
ACTIVITy 1    Floor and Wall Designs 
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Rangolis can also 
be made using dots 
and lines. 
See the samples 
and create your 
own patterns by 
joining the dots. 
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We use ??owers and leaves 
to make garlands for 
special occasions. We 
make torans too! Their 
colour and fragrance make 
it festive. 
Let’s make our own garlands and torans!  
You can use ??owers, leaves, sticks, paper,  
beads, thread and other materials.
Step 1:  Take a three feet long or your arm  
length thread.
Step 2:  Make a pattern with paper, leaves, 
??owers, etc., and stick them to the  
thread to make a toran.
Step 3:  Display your toran at an entrance.
ACTIVITy 2    Flowers Sing on the String 
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We celebrate a variety of 
festivals and occasions 
throughout the year. 
This lights up our 
hearts and our homes. 
We express this joy in 
many ways. It includes 
food, home decoration, 
music, dance, special 
festive dresses, and 
people coming together. 
By the end of this chapter, 
you will get familiar with a 
few visual arts traditions, that 
create a festive environment. 
These include ??oor and wall 
designs, garlands, torans, and 
lanterns. In this chapter, you 
will do activities related to local 
art traditions practised in your 
homes and in the neighbouring 
communities. 
5    FESTIVALS, OCCASIONS, AND CELEBRATIONS
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Bansuri–I  ?  Class 3  
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Have you seen a design made on the  
??oor or the walls? Where did you see it? 
When do we decorate our ??oors or walls?
Make a ??oor design in the space below.
ACTIVITy 1    Floor and Wall Designs 
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Visual Arts 
 
37
Rangolis can also 
be made using dots 
and lines. 
See the samples 
and create your 
own patterns by 
joining the dots. 
1 Visual Arts.indd   37 14-06-2024   11:52:56
Bansuri–I  ?  Class 3  
38
We use ??owers and leaves 
to make garlands for 
special occasions. We 
make torans too! Their 
colour and fragrance make 
it festive. 
Let’s make our own garlands and torans!  
You can use ??owers, leaves, sticks, paper,  
beads, thread and other materials.
Step 1:  Take a three feet long or your arm  
length thread.
Step 2:  Make a pattern with paper, leaves, 
??owers, etc., and stick them to the  
thread to make a toran.
Step 3:  Display your toran at an entrance.
ACTIVITy 2    Flowers Sing on the String 
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ACTIVITy 4    Make your Own Clay Lamps
You made a jali; now you can 
create your paper lantern too!  
All you have to do is join two edges 
of the paper to make it a cylinder.
Use a variety of colours to make 
your lantern look attractive!
You have already made objects out of 
clay! Did you make any deepak (lamps)?  
How many different shapes can you 
make your deepak in?
Dry your deepak in the sun and then 
paint it with colours and designs! It can 
be decorated with mirrors, tapes, bindis 
or drawings. Try to make one!
ACTIVITy 3    Make your Own Paper Lanterns
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