Diwali

Diwali (deepavali) is a Relgious holiday in India celebrated usually by the hindus and the jains. It is a very big holiday and most populat holiday in India, its basically a festival of lights. Everything is usually decorated with lights, candles, diwas. It is taking place on November 10, 2007 it is usualy on different dates around October or Novemeber. There are several beliefs regarding the origin of the holiday. The most repeated version is that Hindus celebrate Diwali to mark the time when Lord Rama Achieved victory of Ravana. The Sanskrit word Deepavali means an array of lights that stands for victory of brightness over darkness. As the knowledge of Sanskrit diminished, the name was popularly modified to Diwali, especially in northern India. In South India, Diwali does not coincide with the beginning of a new year they have a different calendar which is the shalivhana calendar. Uusually on this day everyone lghts up candles and gives each other sweets and basically celebrate and have fun.