Diwali

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Where is Diwali celebrated?

• Diwali is celebrated anywhere Hindu

people live.

What food is eaten at Diwali?

• They eat traditional Indian sweets decorated with raisins, vegetarian curry and special porridge with rice.

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Why is this festival celebrated?

• Diwali remembers the time Rama and Sita followed a row of lights home after Rama rescued Sita.

How is Diwali celebrated?

• Small lamps that are filled with

oil ,light up houses and temples during

this time. • People send cards

to their friends and family and clean their houses and buy new clothes.

When is Diwali celebrated?

• The festival is calculated by the Lunar Hindu Calendar, it falls on different days each year. It falls in late October or early November.