Diwall is an important time in the Hindu calendar Ral 14 from Mumbai, celebrates it every year with his family in India
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Oiwali is a family festival. It's called the Festival of Lights it's a
celebration of the victory of good over bac' with special lights
or diyas', and candies. The family is important in traditional
Diwal activities
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We usua y celebrate Diwel in October or November at the start of
the Hindu New Year. The festival is five days of celebrations.
it's an international festival, but India's got a bigger Hindu population
than any other country, so it's very important there. Other countries
with Hindus also celebrate it, for example Nepal, Sri Lanka,
Malaysia, Singapore and parts of Europe
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It's important for people and their houses to be clean. We also wear
the most colourful clothes we can: yellow, red and green. Diwali is a
festival of colourl Family is always important to Hindlus, but during
Diwali it's even more important. People celebrate with their families
at home and they eat special meals. It's a wonderul time!
