What similarity can be seen between rangoli and mehndi?

Both can be linked with decorative folk art

Rangoli and mehndi share an important artistic function: both use lines, shapes, repeated motifs, symmetry, and colour or tonal contrast to decorate a surface or the body. They are often associated with festivals, ceremonies, family traditions, and regional cultural practices, although their materials and exact designs vary. This makes option A correct: both can be understood as decorative folk art. Option B is incorrect because architecture concerns designed buildings and spaces. Option C concerns written or spoken literary expression, while option D concerns music performed with instruments. The word “can” is appropriate because rangoli and mehndi may also be studied as traditional or applied art, not as one rigid category only.

This is a Class 9 Art Education question. Chapter: Indian Art and Culture. Topic: Folk art.