To celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, Room 10 was asked to write an explanation of what Diwali was. After doing some research, here is what Avania wrote about Diwali.
Explanatin Writing
Diwali - The Festival of Lights
Diwali is a prominent Hindu, Jains, Sikh, and Buddhist festival celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and
certain Buddhists, particularly Newar Buddhists. The celebration is held during the Hindu lunisolar
month Kartika and lasts for five days.
During Diwali, people dress up in their best clothes for Diwali, decorate their homes with diyas and rangoli,
hold worship ceremonies for Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity and wealth, light fireworks, and share
mithai (sweets) and gifts.
The first day of Diwali is called Dhanvantari trayodashi or Dhanteras. On that day Lord Dhanwantair
( God of medicine ) came out of the ocean with the science of Ayurveda of Mankind.
The second day of Diwali is Naraka Chaturdashi. Naraka Chaturdashi is a Hindu festival that takes place
on the Krishna Paksha's Chaturdashi in the Shalivahan Shaka Hindu calendar month of Ashwin.
The third day of Diwali is called Lakshmi Puja, the people of Diwali will pray to the Goddess of wealth
for her blessing and wish for health, wealth, and prosperity. But at Diwali, there is a time she is active
and when she is not active to listen to your prayers, the time she will be active will begin at 6:09 to 8:04
when she will not be active.
The fourth day is Govardhan Puja. On this day Lord Krishna asked the people of Vrindavan to pray to
Giri Govardhan, the hill, instead of Indra.
The last day of Diwali is dedicated to brothers and sisters and is celebrated as Bhai Dooj. It's based on the
belief that in the Vedic Era, Lord of death, Yama, once visited his sister Yamuna. He gave a boon that
whoever visits her sister on that day, would be liberated of all his sins and will achieve moksha.
This joyous occasion honors the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil and right over wrong,
as well as the strength of liberty, hope, and knowledge. Families and friends would generally gather to
feast, exchange gifts, and pray while lighting their houses with diyas on this important day.
By Avani
Kia ora Avania, thank you for sharing this information about Diwali. It is a lot of new learning for me. I like how you have specifically explained what happens in each day of the Diwali festival. Keep up the good work. Mrs Tofa
ReplyDeleteKia ora Avani,
ReplyDeleteIt´s Hunter from Ahipara school. I like your Explanation Writing about Diwali - The Festival of Lights I found it pretty interesting! Maybe next time you could add some more pictures of the festival. Ka pai.
hi avania well done of the Diwali-The Festival of Lights explanation it was
ReplyDeleteamazing to read the writing good job.
Well done Room8 for all your hard work on your Diwali Week.Hat off to your teacher for hes hard work.From Mrs Tukuafu.
ReplyDeleteKia ora Avani my name is Brooklyn I am a year 7 student at Paihia school I liked your blog post about diwali, the festival of lights because you explained a lot of amazing Information/facts about the festival. Your blog post reminds me of when I wrote something like this.
ReplyDeleteWhy did you want to write about the diwali festival of lights .?
WoW! you learnt a lot about Diwali Avania. Good on you!
ReplyDeleteI like how you know the reason/meaning of each day and what they do when they celebrate the Diwali. Great work Avania, keep it up.
Kia ora Avani,
ReplyDeleteIt´s Hunter T-J from Ahipara school. I like your Explanation Writing about Diwali - The Festival of Lights I found it pretty interesting! Maybe next time you could add some more pictures of the festival. Ka pai.