happy diwali

[guddy]

Hi
Wishing everyone a happy diwali!
So what are all indian mums upto this diwali?
Last year i managed to make a lot of sweets at dome and sent personalised cards to all our friends.
This year with an additional mamber(dd)...didnt manage but having a diwali party at home and also some fireworks.

What is diwali guddy?

Yes, happy diwali
Mears it's the Hindu Festival of Lights

Thanks CD - had a wee google search there and read about it.
Happy diwali

Hi guddy, I'm not Indian but ex Dh is so our ds is half Indian and is going to MILs tonight for diwali tomorrow. He knows he'll come back with a fist full of cash so he's excited about that I must buy a card this afternoon to send with him.

Diwali is a hindu festival weloming Ram and Sita (mythological )out of the forest and celebrating hindu new year.Deepavali is the sanskrit word meaning a row of lights now shortened to diwali.

some people light decorate candles,some decorate clay lamps.
It is a huge family festival starting with worship followed by celebration breakfast.Families dress in new clothes and jewels and go visiting each other.They exchange gifts and sweets.At night every house is lit up in the hope that lakshmi,goddess of wealth will bless them.
If you hear fireworks this weekend it well may be of diwali.
Diwali lasts 5 days starting today.

We had fireworks going off near us last night, though in truth I think it had more to ith teenagers and the new stock in Tesco than any sort of festival Bloody kids......

P.S. Happy Diwali

Thanks for all your replies.

Festivals are the times when i miss home the most.
With all your replies it has cheered me up a lot.

Thanks again.

Happy, happy Diwali. It is this time of year that we teach about Diwali at school, but as I am on ML I miss it. I look forward to teaching DD all about this and other festivals as she gets older. Have a great time everyone.

Happy Diwali too. My daugher made a little lamp (a diva lamp?) last year which still takes pride of place in my dining room

Happy Diwali! one of the girls I teach wore a beautiful pink outfit today (sorry, sure it has a name but i don't know it...), she said she loves diwali as it's so much fun for the children, all the other kids in the class were fascinated and quite jealous of her!!

Happy diwali everyone!

Happy diwali, Guddy and all. I must admit I'm now a bit confused about it being Hindu NY, as we were in Bali in April and it was also Hindu NY then! However, they mark it by burning effigies of monsters the previous evening and then on the actual day keep very quiet, staying indoors, no fires, lights, tv etc, so that the evil gods will think no one inhabits Bali and this pass on to somewhere else, leaving the Balinese in peace. I know the Balinese version of Hindism is different to that elsewhere butI wonder how two different NY's arose?

hi guddy - i'm a fellow indian and i thought i was the only one on mumsnet- nice to know that i'm not
Happy diwali to you too!!!
We will be celebrating with the family - fireworks , lots of food and having a good time!!!!!

My mother is Indian and she got a new grandson for Diwali - my sister had a baby last night!!

Congratulations MI!

Ah, congrats to your sister MI!

Congrats MI!

A Diwali baby: Brilliant, and congratulations.

Happy Diwali. DP is Hindu, we went to Tooting for lunch, (Kastoori, really fabulous vegetarian food,) and then soaked up the atmosphere, buying divas and various Indian sweets. Next year we'll take DS to one of the big processions / firework displays.