Happy Diwali
Few years ago, I was celebrating Diwali with my friends at this time. People were going here and there and happiness was seen on all of their faces. We received Diwali gifts from some of my daddy's Indian friends and they invited us to come and visit their homes to celebrate Diwali together. The gifts were mostly Nuts packed in beautiful boxes and Indian sweets which have got some nice smells. They all lovely!!!!
Me and my friends looked around the city's hot spots and bought some fire crackers to play at night. We went to some popular shopping places like Ansal Plaza and checked all items which were on discount. All places were just crowded with people roaming around the city and street shoppers were shouting to sell special Diwali goods. Sarojini market was the best place to shop Indian hand made items and clothes in New Delhi. I still remember one evening just one day before Diwali at Sarojini market. On that day's evening, I went to Sarojini to look around market and items on sales. People seemed to be so happy and the entire market was full of people, noises, Diwali lights and dust in the air. The lights from the shops and Indian fabrics were harmony each other and attracting to foreigners like me. I bought a beautiful Indian shawl and some pairs of earring in Indian style. Then I came back home before it was getting late. Because of insecure situation to hang out at night time for a foreigner girl like me I had to come back home early. Just after a few minutes I reached home, there was a news of bomb blasting at Sarojini and a lot of people died because of massive explosion. I felt so scare and so lucky at the same time. And sadness suddenly came into my heart for the innocent victims. Since that time I avoided going to popular places and cinemas during festival time just for safety.
Fire crackers can't be apart from Diwali and it is also one of the beauties of Diwali. I had never seen such bomb-sized fire crackers in my life time before and I was scare to play with such huge cracker. We just set fire on it and run away right after that. Then it exploded following a loud noise. It was really fun actually although it looked a bit scary at first. There was a funny thing happened on Diwali eve due to fire crackers. It was Diwali eve and only one month after we had been in India. So we had no experience of celebrating Diwali. My dad had gone to an occasion and only me and my mom left at home. Around 7 or 8 pm, we heard some voices that came continuously. It was like gun fire shots. Me and my mom just didn't know what to do and got so scare. We checked all the main doors whether they were closed properly or not and kept silence as much as we can. We evendared not go out of our house and asked our Indian car driver as we didnt know what was going on around the city. There might be a war!!!! When my dad came back home from dinner and we told him about misery gun fire voices. Then he laughed at us and explained that the voices were from making fire crackers. What a relief!!!!
Diwali is right after our Thadingyut Festival. Buddhism people also pay homage to Pagodas and elderly people with gifts. Lights are everywhere and children play with fire crackers on roads. Myanmar Thadingyut Festival is also a festival of lights like Diwali in India. I think there are many commons between Buddhism and Hindu. No matter how different between people or culture or country, all the differences are interesting and lovely. People just have to spread more love without caring physical differences.
Few years ago, I was celebrating Diwali with my friends at this time. People were going here and there and happiness was seen on all of their faces. We received Diwali gifts from some of my daddy's Indian friends and they invited us to come and visit their homes to celebrate Diwali together. The gifts were mostly Nuts packed in beautiful boxes and Indian sweets which have got some nice smells. They all lovely!!!!
Me and my friends looked around the city's hot spots and bought some fire crackers to play at night. We went to some popular shopping places like Ansal Plaza and checked all items which were on discount. All places were just crowded with people roaming around the city and street shoppers were shouting to sell special Diwali goods. Sarojini market was the best place to shop Indian hand made items and clothes in New Delhi. I still remember one evening just one day before Diwali at Sarojini market. On that day's evening, I went to Sarojini to look around market and items on sales. People seemed to be so happy and the entire market was full of people, noises, Diwali lights and dust in the air. The lights from the shops and Indian fabrics were harmony each other and attracting to foreigners like me. I bought a beautiful Indian shawl and some pairs of earring in Indian style. Then I came back home before it was getting late. Because of insecure situation to hang out at night time for a foreigner girl like me I had to come back home early. Just after a few minutes I reached home, there was a news of bomb blasting at Sarojini and a lot of people died because of massive explosion. I felt so scare and so lucky at the same time. And sadness suddenly came into my heart for the innocent victims. Since that time I avoided going to popular places and cinemas during festival time just for safety.
Fire crackers can't be apart from Diwali and it is also one of the beauties of Diwali. I had never seen such bomb-sized fire crackers in my life time before and I was scare to play with such huge cracker. We just set fire on it and run away right after that. Then it exploded following a loud noise. It was really fun actually although it looked a bit scary at first. There was a funny thing happened on Diwali eve due to fire crackers. It was Diwali eve and only one month after we had been in India. So we had no experience of celebrating Diwali. My dad had gone to an occasion and only me and my mom left at home. Around 7 or 8 pm, we heard some voices that came continuously. It was like gun fire shots. Me and my mom just didn't know what to do and got so scare. We checked all the main doors whether they were closed properly or not and kept silence as much as we can. We evendared not go out of our house and asked our Indian car driver as we didnt know what was going on around the city. There might be a war!!!! When my dad came back home from dinner and we told him about misery gun fire voices. Then he laughed at us and explained that the voices were from making fire crackers. What a relief!!!!
Diwali is right after our Thadingyut Festival. Buddhism people also pay homage to Pagodas and elderly people with gifts. Lights are everywhere and children play with fire crackers on roads. Myanmar Thadingyut Festival is also a festival of lights like Diwali in India. I think there are many commons between Buddhism and Hindu. No matter how different between people or culture or country, all the differences are interesting and lovely. People just have to spread more love without caring physical differences.
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