By Gurdip Singh

SINGAPORE: (Apr 4) Singapore-based Indian-origin artist Vijayalakshmi Mohan was among five people who were awarded for promoting and passing on their skills and traditions in intangible cultural heritage to Singapore’s community and younger generation.

The recipients of the National Heritage Board’s (NHB) Stewards of Intangible Cultural Heritage Award received certificates from Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong at the National Gallery Singapore, NHB said on Friday.

The 66-year-old rangoli artist from Trichy picked up the 5,000-year-old form of Indian folk floor art comprising ornamental designs with symmetrical and geometrical shapes when she was five and went on to become a rangoli practitioner.