“Diwali Delight” The best feeling is to have all your long-time unseen relatives and friends gather around together and have a blast. Recently on my dad’s birthday‚ the day of October 26th‚ the start of Diwali‚ can be as delightful as any of your cultural holidays. Diwali is the festival of lights. Diwali involves the lighting of small clay lamps filled with oil to signify the triumph of good over evil. My dad was the first one to come to the United States in my whole‚ family‚ which makes
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Diwali "The Festival of Lights" India is the country of Festivals. Diwali is one of the most important Hindu festivals of India. It is a festival of joy‚ happiness‚ brightness and splendour. Diwali literally means ‘row of lights’. The real meaning is to lead us into truth and light. In India everyone celebrates this festival in different traditions but the theme behind is same throughout “Good conquering Evil”. All the rituals have a story behind them. The best thing
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Diwali‚ a Festival of Lights Diwali‚ or Deepavali‚ is a well-known Hindu festival which is celebrated every year between October and November. In Hindu term‚ it is falls on a day called Dhanteras. Dhanteras is the thirteenth lunar day of Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) of the Hindu calendar month Ashwin. Diwali is one of the most important festivals of the year and is celebrated in families by performing traditional activities together in their homes. Some examples of tradition are lathering themselves
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Diwali Lantern – “Aakash Kandeel’’ Anup Takalkar IntroductionIndia‚ along with its varied cultures and traditions‚ is known as land of festivity. Celebration for these festivals centres on the rituals of prayer‚ seeking blessings‚ exchanging goodwill‚ decorating houses‚ adorning new cloths‚ music and dance. Diwali (dip‚ meaning lights + aawali‚ meaning row) is the festival of “row of lights”‚ celebration of which finds its root in Hindu religion. It is believed that‚ Lord Rama was welcomed back
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Kannada or English. Earlier‚ the language was being used as medium of instruction in few Marathi medium schools in Tamil Nadu. It was in use as language of rituals along with Sanskrit. Most importantly‚ it was language of literature. However‚ as observed by native speakers‚ the use of Thanjavur Marathi has now shrunk to become a community language spoken only at home by the descendents of the Thanjavur Marathi people. Younger generations are denying the use of language even at the household. There is
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DIWALI FESTIWAL Diwali is one the most important festival of Hindus It is celebrated with great enthusiasm throughout the length and breadth of India. It is a festival of lights. It falls on the Amavasya of the month of Kartik every year by Hindu calendar and in the last week of October or in the starting days of November by English calendar. Many legends are associated with this festival. It marks the victory of Ram over Ravana
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Diwali is an annual festival of Hindus. Generally it falls during the month of October or November. Hindus throughout India celebrate this festival with great joy. The festival of Diwali has a religious sanction behind it. It was on this day thousands of years ago that Shri Ram Chandra set foot on Ayodhya after completing the 14 years of his exile. His return was a matter of great joy and relief to the people of Ayodhya. They celebrated the occasion by arranging illuminations on a large scale
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Marathi: Big Newspapers Are Elephants By Robin Jeffrey To understand the Marathi press‚ one needs to appreciate two cities-Mumbai (Bombay) and Pune (Poona). Mumbai is the Manhattan of India-a buzzing‚ multi- lingual magnet of an island. As well as the industrial and commercial focus of India‚ it is the base for the advertising industry and for India’s two biggest newspaper chains‚ The Times of India and The Indian Express. Pune‚ on the other hand‚ is Maharashtra’s Boston (indeed‚ both have brahmins)
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of Diwali India‚ the land of rich cultural heritage‚ has one or the other festival for every month. It is the spiritual and religious richness in India that each festival is related to some or other deity. One of such festival is the ’festival of lights’ - Deepawali. It is the glorious occasion that is not restricted to one day‚ but extended to a five-day celebration. All through these five days‚ people are in a festive mood. Adding to the festivity is the colorful display of lights. Like
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Student number: 09347004 Student name: Wang Weiwei (王维维) Group number: 25 Group topic: The Diwali Festival Analysis of Diwali Festival: special significances & negative effects (School of Tourism‚ Sun Yat-sen University‚ Wang Weiwei) Abstract: “Diwali”‚ the festival of lights‚ illuminates the darkness of the New Year’s moon‚ and strengthens our close friendships and knowledge‚ with a self-realization. Diwali id celebrated on a nation-wide scale on Amavasya‚ the 15th day of the dark fortnight of the
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