What is Diwali?

People around the world are lighting fireworks and dressing up their homes with colourful decor and candles for Diwali, the festival of lights. Here is why people celebrate Diwali around the world.

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[jptrainor]

What Global missed: It's a harvest festival that falls on the first new moon of the Hindu calendar month Kartik. The new moon is the darkest night of the month. So harvest is done, the new moon arrives, time to celebrate, and around that evolves religious tradition.
Westerners should not confuse the darkest night of the month with the longest night of the year (solstice, Dec 21). There's one darkest night in each lunar month. There's one longest night in each solar year. Confused me at first, when I first read "darkest night" in association with Diwali. So Diwali is the darkest night in a specific month of the Hindu calendar, which is a lunar, not solar, calendar hence the exact day changes year to year when expressed using the Gregorian (solar!) calendar that is in common use today.

[jamiirali]

Happy divali to India and indians globally! 🙏namaste.

[chrisbessey]

And it’s my birthday this year too! Woo! To new beginnings and a new year of light over darkness.

[tarun_sharma]

Diwali is not just celebration of stories it has something very deep mysterious and powerful reason. The night of diwali is used by many occults to attract materialistic stuffs and powers, this day has the immense power to convert thoughts into reality, that too for enternal life.
It's not just about victory of good over evil, this day is the most powerful portal to connect with the most divine power of universe 'shri'

[nick]

love indian culture ..please keep it up

[infoindia]

Happy Diwali to everyone. From india🇮🇳🔥🌸💕

[debabratasahoo]

Buddhism, jainism and Sikh are the origin from our Hinduism and all 4 religion people respect each other in India

[Freeman-ukxn]

This is my Bharat(India)
Eastern philosophy is best

[contenthummer]

Rejoice in celebration
enjoy the lights and all the goodies
Let victory of light be over darkness, in all our homes and the goddess of wealth shower her blessings on all of us

[ravindertalwar]

HAPPY DIWALI TO ALL IN THE GLOBAL WORLD BASED ON FRIENDSHIP, MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE, NON VIOLENCE AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

[rodriguezfamily]

I love this video because I understand 😎

[ravindertalwar]

CONGRATULATIONS 👏👏 AND PRAYERS 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️ BY RAVINDER TALWAR JALANDHAR CITY PUNJAB INDIA

[magdalenacamay]

Wow amazing i want to go there in india🙏

[herokhyani]

🙏Ram Ram ji🙏
❤😊Happy diwali to all of you and shri Ram ji always bless you😊😊

[nycnyc]

Good Lord fist time I heard about this one.We should get a day off for this one also.

[sleepytwiggaming]

I just received some snack bags from my neighbors. Happy Diwali 🪔

[yatinstory]

My family and I uploaded a video of us giving out sweets on Diwali!

[ormint]

शुभ दीपावली। आपका जीवन रोशनी से भरा रहे।

[Cursed_Mark]

So put on your saree
It's time to celebrate Diwali

[suttakadhaidhan]

T20crackers on your DoorSteps "Advance Happy Diwali"