Deepavali is an important festival for the Tamils/Indians. Deepavali is the festival of light, it is also the New Year for the Indians. In this festival, they will do several stuffs like using rice grains to form a beautiful picture, drawings on their hands, they will also do many things related to light. Their homes would be very bright then :heh:

Deepavali is coming soon, on 4th November. My school will be having a concert for this festival.

I will probably be posting my review for the concert......


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Deepavali, the festival of lights, comes close on the heels of Dasara. It is a festival that marks the victory of good over evil. Deepavali means a "row of lights", and it brings along with it glowing happiness and the touch of sparklers all around.

Diwali is a spectacular religious festival held in late autumn. The celebration takes place on the darkest night of autumn, the new moon day (Amabashya), at the beginning of Kartika (October-November), eighteen days after the celebration of Dashera. Diwali means cluster of lights. On the Diwali day, rows of lamps decorate the houses and presents are exchanged.

Diwali, in the north of India, is associated with the coronation of Rama when he returned to Ayodhya (in Uttar Pradesh) after vanquishing the demon Ravana on the day of Dashera. Ram had been in exile for fourteen years and his followers were pleased to see his return to Ayodhya. They welcomed him by decorating their houses with lamps and rejoiced with the display of fireworks at night. Diwali is seen as a renewal of life. Houses are painted and new purchases are made at this time. In Maharasthra, Diwali is seen as a festival for warding off king Bali, the ruler of the underworld. In the western part of India, many Hindus believe that the souls of their ancestors come to visit their homes during the new moon day of Diwali. Lamps are lit to guide the way of the departed souls. In Gujrat, Diwali is associated mostly with the worship of Luxmi, the goddess of wealth. It is believed Luxmi on this day emerges to bring prosperity to the world. Luxmi puja in Gujrat lasts for five days which starts with Dhanterash, the worshipping of wealth. The fourth day is Gujratís New Years Day. Luxmi is believed to visit the homes that are well lit. So, families decorate their houses with light, flowers and paper chains. It is believed that lighting the new lamps will drive away evil and poverty from the world and heralds better times. In the eastern part of India, especially in West Bengal, Luxmi puja is celebrated five days after Dashera, on the full moon day (Purnima). On the following new moon day (Amabashya), coinciding with Diwali, goddess Kali is worshipped. Kali has a terrifying look. She destroys all evils. Lamps are lit in her honor, and in return, she promises a renewal of life and justice on earth.

Quite controling aren't you? I suggest that you start a new topic for each event. That way people wouldn't have to scroll through one big thread. K?

oh no problem!!

yes sir

yea that makes thing a lot easier

today, we had our deepavali concert. 1hour and hell it's so boring. they talked about the deepavali for half hour. then, there's just 4dances and it's the end. stupid right??

Nice Information, Well festival of lights are common to Asian countries,Not just India .Chinese also celebrates the Lantern festival ,Thai's also celebrates similar events they have these paper folded into Lotus Flower and put some candles and incenses and let them float the water or river.Similar events in Vietnam.In some Asian countries they have dances which have lighted candles or simply walk barefoot in smoldering ashes.They called it Fire Dance.

talking about lantern fest., my class had an outing on it and we are supposed to bring lanterns & mooncakes ourselves