And when the exams are over, holidays begin and along with this begin’s our children’s excitement. And to wake up to such cheerful festivity hustle is extremely exciting. How bright and cheerful are the tiny ones during the festival of lights- Diwali. There’s happiness in and out, around and everywhere. There’s some sort of vibrant energy in the air. Our houses are filled with a kind of positivity. The houses are freshly cleaned, the walls and sparkling, sweet smelling incense sticks are burned to welcome the deity. Divine in its being, the immortal is being worshipped with all the love, faith and belief. The existence of the ALMIGHTY who is the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omniscient ruler and birth giver of the entire universe. For he comes, he comes, he ever comes! The unshakable faith of humans in the supreme being (THE GOD) is paid off. The rituals are carried out with great optimism as the devotees of the goddess worship her existence.
There’s happiness at the occurrence of this day and we celebrate this with lots of prior preparations. It is one of the most sacred festivals.
It is the festival that symbolizes victory of righteousness and brings light in the darkness. It brings us glory.
It signifies that good always wins over the evil and that we must never loose hope. This day is filled with joy as people shop for new clothes, goods. prepare snacks at home, distribute it which creates a feeling of love for sharing. People light the diya to spread light in the house with peace and auspiciousness.
A great 4 days festivity of rituals of the rich Indian culture that everyone equally participates. And our kids just love it. At noah’s ark, we celebrate Diwali by keeping a one day ceremony and we love to see all our children dressed to occassion. We strictly dissapprove of crackers and promote the thought of a noiseless-pollution free diwali. We have a potluck party where we imbibe a sense of sharing within the kids. What a fun-filled day is it. And such memories are always going to be cherished.
