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Weaver: Special Edition dedicated to ASPAM

THE FESTIVAL OF

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By Khushi Raina, ASPAM

As rightly quoted by someone "Festivals are the indicators of the culture of a
country”. Festivals play an important role in everyone’s life. Festivals on one hand
are a good source of entertainment and enthusiasm for kids and on other hand
provide a relieving break to adults from their monotonous and tiresome works.

The festivals inculcate moral values in It is celebrated according to
children and provide an insight to our Hindu mythological calendar, on
past. Festivals are part of every nation Kartik Amavasya. It is celebrated to
and religion from times immemorial. mark the return of Lord Rama,
History reveals that all early Goddess Sita and Lakshman from the
civilizations used to celebrate festivals exile of fourteen years. It is said that
with great pomp and show. May it be people of Ayodhya made merry on
a national festival or a religious arrival of their king from exile by
festival all enjoy great importance in lighting earthen lamps known as
our lives. INDIA being a multi Diyas and distributed sweets, since
religious and diverse country is then the festival is associated with
fortunate enough to celebrate almost lights.
all the festivals with a revolutionary Literally speaking the word
zeal and fervor. A famous explorer Deepawali or Diwali means a string of
observed, "There are as many festivals lights. It is celebrated in almost all the
as there are mosquitoes after a rain in states of North India. Festivities for
India". May it be Republic Day, Diwali start about fifteen days earlier.
Independence Day, Holi, Eid, People clean their houses, get new
Christmas, Gurupurab, Navroz or clothes and jewellery and decorate
Diwali all festivals are the part and their houses, as it is believed that
pride of our rich and diversified goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of
culture. wealth and prosperity visits our
Diwali is one of the most homes to shower her blessings. On
auspicious, widely celebrated and thirteenth dark night of Kartik
important festival of India. It is Amavasya, “the festival of wealth”
commonly known as ‘festival of Dhanteras is celebrated. On this day
lights’, and is celebrated all over India people worship goddess Lakshmi,
with special and different ways.

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