Diwali

Diwali

My tradition that I chose to present for social studies was Diwali. I chose to research this tradition because I first heard about Diwali at my old school and always wanted to know more about it. Diwali is also known as the festival of lights because they decorate their houses with lights and candles. They also celebrate by lighting up fireworks especially firecrackers. It could last until 12 in the morning. I personally got to experiences Diwali at my old school by drawing a rangoli pattern outside of my class door. This is sustained in New Zealand because nearly every year they have a festival to celebrate Diwali in New Zealand. Presenting my presentation was easy, but not gonna lie at first I was nervous but then moving from slide to slide I gained more confidence. The thing I need to work on while presenting is to give more eye contact.

Henna art

For our art we got into groups of two and drew a easy simple henna design on each other. We have been waiting for this day and it finally came because our teacher forgot. We used a henna liquid that our teacher bought. I drew a henna design on my friend's hand and I also did it on myself. I really enjoyed doing this and I hope to do it again.

Rangoli art

Walht: understand celebrations around the world.

Diwali is the biggest Hindu celebration. It is also known as the festival of lights. It’s a five day celebration and it started on the 18th and ends on the 22th of October. This Hindu celebration is celebrated all around the world. I know this because our class has been studying about it for a couple of days.

Hindus all over the world celebrate diwali but most people celebrate by using coloured powder or broken rice to design a rangoli pattern in front of their door to welcome people into their house. They also celebrate by cleaning their house to welcome the gods, lighting fireworks, decorating their house with lights and candles, giving away gifts, making sweets and ect.

For Diwali week our class celebrated by drawing rangoli patterns in front of our class door using chalk. We got into a group of two but some others choose to work solo. The image above is my partner’s and I rangoli. We worked together to get a great a rangoli pattern. My favourite rangoli pattern was Janet’s one. Her rangoli was one of the best in my opinion.

Learning about this made me more aware about other celebrations. Diwali is a bit similar to Christmas because we give away gifts, we have dinner together and sometimes light up fireworks. I really had fun doing this and I hope to do this again but for a different celebration.