To celebrate, houses are decorated with candles and colourful lights and huge firework displays are held while families feast and share gifts.Diwali is the five-day festival of lights, celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world. The festival, which coincides with the Hindu New Year, celebrates new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness. The actual day of Diwali is traditionally celebrated on the festival's third day, which this year falls on Thursday, October 23. The festival usually falls between the middle of October and the middle of November, although this is decided upon by the Hindu lunar calendar. While each faith has its own reason to celebrate the festival, one of the most popular stories told is the legend of Lord Rama and his wife Sita returning to their kingdom in northern India from exile after defeating the demon king Ravanna in the 15th century BC.
To celebrate, houses are decorated with candles and colourful lights and huge firework displays are held while families feast and share gifts.Diwali is the five-day festival of lights, celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains across the world. The festival, which coincides with the Hindu New Year, celebrates new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness. The actual day of Diwali is traditionally celebrated on the festival's third day, which this year falls on Thursday, October 23. The festival usually falls between the middle of October and the middle of November, although this is decided upon by the Hindu lunar calendar. While each faith has its own reason to celebrate the festival, one of the most popular stories told is the legend of Lord Rama and his wife Sita returning to their kingdom in northern India from exile after defeating the demon king Ravanna in the 15th century BC.
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Untuk meraikan, rumah-rumah yang dihiasi dengan lilin dan lampu berwarna-warni dan pertunjukan bunga api besar diadakan manakala keluarga hari raya dan berkongsi gifts.Diwali adalah festival lima hari itu lampu, disambut oleh berjuta-juta penganut Hindu, Sikh dan Jain seluruh dunia. Festival, yang bertepatan dengan Tahun Baru Hindu, meraikan permulaan baru dan kemenangan kebaikan atas kejahatan dan cahaya mengatasi kegelapan. Hari sebenar Diwali secara tradisinya disambut pada hari ketiga festival itu, yang pada tahun ini jatuh pada Khamis, 23. Perayaan ini biasanya jatuh di antara pertengahan Oktober dan pertengahan November Oktober, walaupun ini diputuskan oleh kalendar lunar Hindu. Walaupun setiap iman mempunyai sebab sendiri untuk meraikan perayaan itu, salah satu cerita yang paling popular memberitahu adalah lagenda Lord Rama dan isterinya Sita pulang ke kerajaan mereka di utara India dari buangan selepas mengalahkan raja syaitan Ravanna di SM abad ke-15.
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