Community & Business
19 March, 2022
Mandalas mark IWD
CELEBRATING all things women and harmony, Mareeba’s Craft on the Fringe group gathered to create and manifest in correlation with International Women’s Day last week.
The morning saw a mirage of mandalas made from materials from the earth, representing the different mantras and qualities of women.
Organiser and “ringleader” of the group, Ulla Melchoirsen, said the group focused on the importance of manifesting.
“We started late December last year and every meeting there’s a new face and the mandala we are making is to manifest our thoughts,” she said.
“The spiral figure is a symbol of change, progression and development – spirals represent the life cycle, fertility, childbirth and rebirth, it is a symbol of the Mother Goddess. It is about intuition and it is a symbol of the universe.
“We said to ourselves before we started as we stood in a circle holding hands that if we had any negative energy within us, we would let go and give it back to mother earth for recycling and are putting love and friendship and positivity into the mandala to manifest in the universe.”
Craft on the Fringe meets every Tuesday morning at the 100 Park in Mareeba, with everyone welcome to join in on the fun.
