DIWALI

DIWALI

On November 3^rd there were some lights on the sky here at tech. They were fireworks going on. Most people did not know why it was celebrated. It was for Diwali. Diwali is celebrated to enjoy the victory of light over darkness. This is one of the festivals that is celebrated all over India and around the world. This year this festival was also celebrated in white house and from 2009 in 10, Downing Street.

Diwali is just not a Hindu festival, this festival has been celebrated by Jains, Sikhs as well. In a typical household Diwali day starts with taking an oil bath. Then everyone would wear new clothes. Women would have mehandi in their hands. Mehandi is a cluster of designs which is extracted from leaves and applied in hands in different designs. 

The breakfast would be usually heavy and large with more than 30 different foods. Then there would also be a huge chunk of Indian sweets.

Everymember of the family would come together and the younger ones in the family would get blessings from elders. After this everyone would visit the temples in their area. In villages there would be huge food festivals where the rich people would prepare meals and give it to the poor people. As the vening falls in every single house there would be fireworks going on.

For everyone to enjoy diwali all the workers would be given one month of their salary as a bonus. Diwali is also celebrated in Fiji, Trindiad and Tobago, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan as official state celebrations.

In the evening every house would be lit with oil lamps made of clay. This is to welcome the goddess of wealth into everyone’s home. A week of holidays are given to everyone in the country.