Dili

Diwali is an Indian Festival of Lights. It's the most important and the biggest holiday of the year. It's the same as Christmas for Christians, and Diwali has a similar congratulation: “Happy Diwali” 🤲.

The festival gets its name from the row (avali) of clay lamps (deepa) that Indians light outside their homes to symbolize the inner light that protects from spiritual darkness 🕯.

Diwali is celebrated during 5 days

• Day 1: people clean their homes and shop for gold or kitchen utensils to help bring good fortune 🌟.
• Day 2: people decorate their homes with clay lamps and create design patterns called rangoli on the floor using colored powders or sand.
• Day 3: on the main day of the festival, families gather together for Lakshmi puja, a prayer to Goddess Lakshmi 🕯, followed by mouth-watering feasts and firework festivities.
• Day 4: this is the first day of the new year, when friends and relatives visit with gifts and best wishes for the season.
• Day 5: brothers visit their married sisters, who welcome them with love and a lavish meal.

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