DIWALI

Diwali is the largest Hindu festival, celebrated in India and all over the world with joy and enthusiasm. It symbolizes the victory of good over evil ~ and the glory of light. This is the origin of lighting small clay lamps. It is also  a way of honoring God for the recent harvest and attainment of health, wealth, knowledge, peace, valor and fame.

The following presentation will show you the most important facts about this colourful celebration.

Here is also a video from the National Geographic Channel on YouTube in which you can see what people do to celebrate this fiveday celebration, that includes good food, fireworks, coloured sand and special candles and lamps.

Would you like to make your own Diwali lamps? Diwali diva lamps are made from clay and decorated elaborately with beads and sequins. Click in the link below if you want to make a diva and some other crafts which can be used used at Diwali.

Make a Diwali Lamp

Mandalas are beautiful, aren't they? Did you know that Mandalas are great tools for meditation and increasing self-awareness? Many different cultures around the world use mandalas in their spiritual practices. Drawing and colouring a mandala can be a highly enriching personal experience in which you look inside yourself and find the shapes, colours and patterns to represent anything from your current state of mind to your most deeply-desired wish for yourself, for a loved one, or for humanity.

Here you have a nice website where you will find lots of patterns to paint and print your own mandalas.

Paint and Print your own Mandalas