Diwali is my favorite festival of the year and I celebrate it with
lots of enthusiasm with my family members and friends. Diwali is called as the
festival of lights because we celebrate it by lighting lots of diyas and
candles. It is a traditional and cultural festival celebrated by each and every
Hindu person all over India and abroad. People decorate their houses with lots
of candles and small clay oil lamps indicating the victory of good over evil.
Family members spend their most of the day time in preparing house
(cleaning, decorating, etc) to welcome the festival with grand evening party.
Neighbours, family members, and friends gets collected in the evening party and
enjoy the party with lots of delicious Indian dishes, dance, music, etc all
through the night. Houses look very attractive in white wash, candle lights and
rangolis. High pitch music and fireworks makes the celebration more
interesting.
People go to their home by taking off from their job, offices and
other works; students also book their train around three months ago to easily
go to their home on Diwali festival because everyone wants to celebrate this
festival with their family members in the home town. People generally enjoy the
festival by feasting, bursting crackers and enjoying the dance with family and
friends.
However, it is prohibited by the doctors to got outside and enjoy
firecrackers especially people suffering from lung or heart diseases,
hypertension, diabetes, etc. Such people have to knock the doctor’s door
because of consuming highly saturated food and sweets in high amount and lack
of exercises and pollution caused by crackers in these days.
Significance of Diwali
Diwali festival is celebrated by the people with great revelry and
lots of fun and frolic activities. It becomes the happiest holiday for Indian
people in the year and celebrated with significant preparations. It is the
festival of high significance for Indian people during which people clean their
homes, decorate, do shopping, buy new things including gifts, kitchen utensils,
appliances, cars, golden jewellery, etc and perform so many rituals.
There are many ancient stories, legends, and myths about
celebrating this festival. Girls and women of the home do shopping and make
rangolis in creative patterns on the floors near to the doors and walkways of
home. There are little variations in the celebration of this festival according
to the regional practices and rituals.
The spiritual significance of this festival symbolizes the victory
of light over darkness and victory of good over evil. It is celebrated to honour
the Goddess of wealth, Lakshmi and God of wisdom, Ganesha. Its religious
significance varies according to the region all through the country. Somewhere,
it is celebrated to honor the returning of Rama, Sita and Lakshmana to their home
after long exile period of 14 years (according to Hindu epic Ramayana).
Some people celebrate it to remember the return of Pandavas to
their kingdom after 12 years of Vanvas and one year of agyatavas (according to
Hindu epic Mahabharata). It is also believed that it was started celebrating
when Goddess Lakshmi was born after churning the ocean by the gods and demons.
Diwali celebration also indicates the start of a new Hindu year in the west and
some northern parts of India. It is celebrated by the people of Sikh religion
to mark the Bandi Chhor Divas by lighting up the Golden Temple. It is
celebrated by the people of Jain religion to mark the Nirvana attained by the
Mahavira.
Pollution on Diwali
Together with the Diwali celebration, there is indirect increase
in the environmental pollution all over the world because of the bursting of
various types of firecrackers during this festival. Such firecrackers are very
dangerous as they release toxic pollutants like sulphur dioxide, carbon
monoxide, carbon dioxide, and so many etc which gets intermingled into the air
and causes variety of ailments like asthma, bronchitis, hypertension, etc. It
affects the people of all age group however those people who already suffer any
type of ailment. Together with the human beings, it also affects the lives of
animals, birds and other living beings due to air and noise pollution.
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