Festival of Light

[Panchi]

Where I live, we are celebrating the festival of Lights, Diwali. This is a five-day festival and the main day is tomorrow but it started yesterday.

 

It is the most important festival here and I thought to wish everyone(when though hardly anyone of you celebrates it)

 

Happy Diwali!

[RandA lThor]

I'm celebrating it too. :) Happy Diwali Pank!

[Niniel]

Happy Diwali! Would you like to tell us what you do at this festival?

[lolguy26]

happy diwali (ive heard about this from a friend) dont you guys light fireworks and stuff??(sounds fun)

[lolguy26]

btw sorry if you count this as spam but i remember that ive read about that in WoT and ive found it

 

http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Feast_of_Lights

[_CLOUD]

Happy Diwali, Pank! :)

 

*throws some firework in this thread*

[RandA lThor]

Diwali is like the Indian New Year.

 

Here is India during Diwali, this is a satellite photo.

 

 

A lot of lights. :P

 

Anyways, i'll let Pank tell more about it, since she knows more of the native customs as she actually lives in India.

[_CLOUD]

wth.. thats idd a lot of lights

 

looks beautiful. I heard its also really dangerous

[Panchi]

So, today is the main day. There is a small ceremony which varies from family to family. Then fireworks ! but they cause pollution and not let me sleep at night.

 

I could tell you about myths and all but that would become too boring.

 

And chuckles, Feast of Light reminds me of Diwali. But Diwali is not new year.

[Panchi]

Feast of Lights looks like a mixture of Diwali and Holi. On Holi social barriers break and we can throw water or colours at anyone. I call Holi the Festival of Madness.

[Panchi]

And we decorate our houses with lights

[Panchi]

[Netbattler11]

Sounds fun

[Panchi]

It is

[RandA lThor]

Forgive my sleep-deprived self. Salmobarak is New Years.

[Panchi]

Mobarak is a (Urdu?)word used to say greeting and sal means year. So, in this way salmobarak means happy year. More appropriate would be nya sal which means new year. But according to Hindu calender Holi is new year.

[RandA lThor]

oh i was going by Gujarati new year. Its today for us. Well, today in America.

[Leyrann]

Happy (belated?) Diwali.

[Panchi]

Not belated till now. Today is the last day.

[Panchi]

I am not going to understand what happens throughout the country *headdesk*