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“an indian christmas”
‘7 NOVEMBER 2018’
(WEDNESDAY)
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*aka ‘deepavali’*
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*”diwali” is the ‘hindu festival of lights’ celebrated every year in ‘autumn’ in the ‘northern hemisphere’ (‘spring’ in ‘southern hemisphere’)*
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(it is an ‘official holiday’ in
‘fiji’,
‘guyana’,
‘india’, ‘pakistan’, ‘malaysia’, ‘mauritius’, ‘myanmar’, ‘nepal’, ‘singapore’, ‘sri lanka’, ‘suriname’, and “‘trinidad’ and ‘tobago'”)
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(one of the major festivals of ‘hinduism’, it spiritually signifies the victory of ‘light’ over ‘darkness’, ‘good’ over ‘evil’, ‘knowledge’ over ‘ignorance’, and ‘hope’ over ‘despair’)
(its ‘celebration’ includes millions of ‘lights’ shining on ‘housetops’, outside ‘doors’ and ‘windows’, around ‘temples’ and other ‘buildings’ in the ‘communities’ and ‘countries’ where it is observed)
(the festival ‘preparations’ and ‘rituals’ typically extend over a ‘5-day period’, but the main festival night of ‘diwali’ coincides with the ‘darkest, new moon night’ of the hindu lunisolar month ‘kartika’ in ‘bikram sambat calendar’)
(In the ‘gregorian calendar’, ‘diwali night’ falls between ‘mid-october’ and ‘mid-november’)
(before ‘diwali night’, people ‘clean’, ‘renovate’, and ‘decorate’ their ‘homes’ and ‘offices’)
(on ‘diwali night’, people dress up in ‘new clothes’ or their ‘best outfit’, light up diyas (‘lamps’ and ‘candles’) inside and outside their home, participate in family puja (‘prayers’) typically to ‘lakshmi’ – the ‘goddess’ of ‘fertility’ and ‘prosperity’)
(after puja, ‘fireworks’ follow, then a ‘family feast’ including mithai (‘sweets’), and an exchange of gifts between ‘family members’ and ‘close friends’)
(‘deepavali’ also marks a ‘major shopping period’ in nations where it is celebrated)
(the name of ‘festive days’ as well as the ‘rituals’ of ‘diwali’ vary significantly among ‘hindus’, based on the region of ‘india’)
(in many parts of ‘india’, the festivities start with ‘dhanteras’ (in ‘northern’ and ‘western’ part of ‘india’), followed by ‘naraka chaturdasi’ on ‘2nd day’, ‘deepavali’ on the ‘3rd day’, diwali padva dedicated to ‘wife–husband relationship’ on the ‘4th day’, and ‘festivities’ end with ‘bhai dooj’ dedicated to ‘sister–brother bond’ on the ‘5th day’)
(‘dhanteras’ usually falls ’18 days’ after ‘dussehra’)
(on the same night that ‘hindus’ celebrate ‘diwali’, ‘jains’ celebrate a festival also called ‘diwali’ to mark the attainment of moksha by ‘mahavira’, ‘sikhs’ celebrate ‘bandi chhor divas’ to mark the release of ‘guru hargobind’ from a ‘mughal empire’ prison, and ‘newar buddhists’ (unlike the majority of ‘buddhists’) celebrate ‘diwali’ by worshipping “lakshmi”)
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“happy diwali!”
“hey deepti!”
“anita!”
“hobayan”
“aarthi!”
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