As the Diwali festival approached, preparations were made in every home of the Hindus before the festival.
The Diwali, a religious and national festival sacred to Hindus, will fall on 1 November, and the Hindu people are now busy buying new clothes, home decorations and temple renovations, according to the local Hindu community.
“When we celebrate this festival, all members of our family will buy clothes, decorate the house and renovate the temple. Then we will buy things to fry snacks. On the eve of Diwali, we will fry snacks. Then, we will wake up early at 5 am in Diwali, take a shower, make offerings of bananas and coconuts, and worship the gods, parents, ancestors, the deceased, and relatives in other cities. We will treat our neighbouring friends to meals. We are now preparing all those things. This has to be done compulsorily in every Hindu house. If a person can’t do it at all, there are some total or partial supporters. Even if there is no one to help, one has to fry snacks for the festival for an amount as little as K1,000 or K10,000,” said Ko Kyaw Kyaw, a Hindu from Thakayta Township.
The Diwali Festival is held every year in the fall, and it is the most famous Hindu festival. During the festival, temples, residences, shops and public buildings are beautifully decorated with lights.
Diwali is a combination of the two Sanskrit words Dipa and Avali, meaning a puja of magnificently offering lamps in continuous rows, and the government is providing necessary assistance to this Hindus’ sacred festival.
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