Are you a Diwali festival lover? Are you aware of Diwali rituals and traditions? Do you want to learn the Diwali customs and practices?
Similar to its history, Diwali, the festival of happiness and joy is full of tradition and customs. It is celebrated in almost all Indian states with different types but all cultures and community people celebrate it with common traditions and customs from the years. The decades had changed but people are maintaining the tradition as it is with little modifications. Let’s discuss the Diwali traditions.
Diwali Tradition and Customs you should know
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Home Cleaning
Home cleaning is of the oldest tradition people follow on Diwali. Family members together clean the house and remove the dirt and dust. It has a scientific reason as well. Diwali comes after the rainy season that promotes mosquitoes, bees and bugs growth. House cleaning removes the bacterias, bugs and other harmful particles outside the home.
Wall and Roof Painting
As Diwali is the major Indian festival, most of the families do wall painting before the occasion. It gives a new life and looks at the home before the event. Home painting brings positivity.
Diya Lighting
The name Diwali means “a row of light”. It is believed that Goddess Lakshmi steps in a lightful and clean home. Light Diyas as per your budget, a single Deep is enough as well.
Home Decoration
The home decoration involves decorating the home with unique and creative items. Lighting, Chinese lighting series, focus LED lamps, light lamps (Akash Diya), soil lamps, etc are common decorative stuff used in India during Diwali.
Laxmi Pujan
Diwali is the festival of joy and prosperity. To double the joy and happiness in life people worship Goddess Lakshi performing traditional Lakshmi Poojan at home. They offer sweet Bhog, do Aarti, and take blessings of elders.
Traditional Outfits
India is a shopping hub. Indian residents shop with “X” times spark during festival season. Men and boys prefer traditional outfits Kurta-Pajama, Shervani, Dhoti etc while females prefer Saari, Salwar suit etc outfit.
Rangoli
To welcome Goddess Lakshmi in the home, girls and female family members draw beautiful Diwali Rangoli in front of the home. This practice is followed in the various Indian states majorly in North and South India.
Sweets and delicious dishes
Sweets are one of the reasons people wait for Diwali with excitement. Kids, youths, and even old people all are crazy for Diwali sweets like Chakli, Karanji, Anarse, Mathri, Shakkar Pade etc.